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iracund, a.|ˈaɪrəkʌnd| [ad. L. īrācund-us, f. īra anger, ire + -cund-us, suffix of verbal adjs. with sense ‘inclining to’: cf. obs. F. iracond, -cund.] Inclined to wrath; choleric, passionate, irascible.
1821New Monthly Mag. I. 645 The iracund veins of church and schoolmen. 1851Carlyle Sterling i. iii. (1872) 13 A man..iracund, but cheerfully vigorous. 1853De Quincey Wks. (1882) XIV. 403 That particular chancellor..was..the iracund Lord Thurlow. |