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irate, a.|aɪˈreɪt, ˈaɪərət|
[ad. L. īrāt-us angered, enraged, pa. pple. of *īrārī, inceptive īrāscī to be or become angry, f. īra anger, ire.]
Excited to ire; incensed, enraged, angry.
1838J. Gilman Life Coleridge 22 Not to heed his anger should he become irate. 1848Dickens Dombey viii, [He] seemed a little more irate when it was over. 1865Livingstone Zambesi vi. 142 He was at once hauled up before the irate Commandant.
Hence iˈrately adv., in an irate manner, angrily.
1883R. Broughton Belinda II. ii. iii. 9 She looks at him full and irately. 1889Mrs. R. Jocelyn Distracting Guest II. ix. 153 ‘What nonsense!’..I continued irately.
Add: iˈrateness n. rare, anger.
1961in Webster. 1981Washington Post 4 Nov. a1/2 The whole community rallied around this one issue. It shows the irateness we felt about this outside intervention. |