irritability
nounEtymology
From Latin irritabilitās, equivalent to irritable + -ity.
- derived from irritabilitās
Definitions
The state or quality of being irritable
The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
- irritability of temper
- Blue No. 1 and yellow No. 6 may also be toxic to some human cells. And as little as 1 milligram of yellow dye No. 5 may cause irritability, restlessness and sleep disturbances for sensitive children.
A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to…
A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
- We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibres of plants.
- There is growth only in plants; but there is irritability, or, a better word, instinctivity, in insects.
A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body
A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for irritability. 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