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ire

noun
/aɪ.ɚ/US/aɪ.ə(ɹ)/UK

Etymology

From Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin īra (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), οἶστρος (oîstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”), Sanskrit इष् f (iṣ, “refreshment, strength”)). Compare also Middle English irre, erre (“anger, wrath”), from Old English yrre, ierre, eorre (“anger, wrath”).

  1. derived from *h₁eysh₂-✻
  2. derived from īra
  3. derived from ire
  4. inherited from ire

Definitions

  1. Iron.

    • […] 'Tell I'm rud as the smith makes the pieces of ire; […]
    • A ire thing, moore smart by haff, / That zeed var off 's za theene 's a laff, / An' zum zes edden' 'xac'ly saff, / Stan's in th' place ee did.

  2. Great anger

    Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.

    • to raise the ire of someone
    • She lik'd not his desire; Fain would be free but dreadeth parents ire
    • If I digg'd up thy forefathers graves, And hung their rotten coffins up in chains, It could not slake mine ire, nor ease my heart.

  3. To anger, to irritate.

    • It doesn't tire a man to put down a carpet so much as it ires him.
    • I heard enough from the gentleman who has just taken his seat, and from my friend, Dr. Caldwell, to ire me just a little bit.
    • “You have enemies. Is that why you have chosen to leave at this time?” It ired me that he should think so, but I held my peace, and when I spoke at last, my voice was mild.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Abbreviation of Ireland (Republic of Ireland).

    2. Initialism of Institute of Radio Engineers.

    3. Abbreviation of Irish English.

      • Quite a number of EE urban and rural dialects, educated English speech, IrE, and ScotE cannot be ruled out.
      • Like ScotE, IrE has certain word stress patterns that differ from RP (in -ise verbs, for example), but there are few categorical differences and a great deal of variability.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ire. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA