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irritant

adj
/ˈɪɹɪtənt/

Etymology

From French irritant, equivalent to irritate + -ant.

  1. borrowed from irrītātus
  2. suffixed as irritant — “irritate + ant”

Definitions

  1. Causing irritation or inflammation.

  2. Rendering null and void

    Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.

    • The states elected Harry, Duke of Anjou, for their king, with this clause irritant; that, if he did violate any part of his oath, the people should owe him no allegiance.

  3. Any medication designed to cause irritation

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A source of irritation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at irritant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01irritant02irritation03annoying04vexatious05annoyance06annoyed07annoy08vexation

A definitional loop anchored at irritant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at irritant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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