irritabilityn.

/ˌɪrɪtəˈbɪlɪti/

Etymology: < Latin irrītābilitās, < irrītābilis : see irritable adj. and -ity suffix. Compare French irritabilité (Haller, 1756).

The quality or state of being irritable.

1. The quality or state of being easily annoyed or excited to anger or impatience; proneness to vexation or annoyance; petulance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun]

impatiencec1230

eagernessa1400

unsufferancea1400

impatiency1526

testiness1526

impatientness1550

touchiness1603

tetchiness1623

irritability1791

twitchiness1834

rustiness1860

soreheadedness1860

shirtiness1868

chippiness1877

rattiness1898

cabin fever1918

snarkiness1960

edginess1963

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1752 I. 130 The gloomy irritability of his existence was more painful to him than ever.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 139 His second subject of conversation..seemed rather delicate for the Smith's present state of irritability.

1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 26 The irritability of their vanity has been much exaggerated.

1847 R. W. Emerson Shakespeare in Wks. (1906) I. 354 The perilous irritability of poetic talent.

1881 W. Collins Black Robe i. vi. 205 There was not only irritability, there was contempt..in her tone.

2. Pathology. Of a bodily organ or part: The condition of being excessively or morbidly excitable or sensitive to the contact or action of anything.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [noun] > irritability

irritation1686

irritability1769

irritableness1805

worry1897

Hoffmann('s) symptom1900

hyperirritability1913

1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 373 From a peculiar weakness, or too great an irritability of the bowels.

1785 Alex. Grant (title) Observations on the Use of Opium, in Diseases supposed to be owing to morbid irritability.

1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 51 He is all right, save slight irritability and scurf in the scalp.

3. Physiology and Biology. The capacity of being excited to vital action (e.g. motion, contraction, nervous impulse, etc.) by the application of an external stimulus: a property of living matter or protoplasm in general, and characteristic in a special degree of certain organs or tissues of animals and plants, esp. muscles and nerves: see irritable adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > stimulation > [noun] > stimulability or irritability

irritability1755

excitability1788

vital contractility1830

reactivity1888

stimulability1975

1751 J. G. Zimmerman (title) Dissertatio Physiologica de Irritabilitate, quam publice defendet.]

1755 R. Whytt (title) Physiological Essays..On the Sensibility and Irritability of the Parts of Men and other Animals; occasioned by Dr. Haller's Treatise on these Subjects.

1788 Sir J. E. Smith in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 Abr. 421 (heading) On the Irritability of Vegetables.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlix. 405 Physicians talk of the irritability of our nervous system.

1805 A. Carlisle in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 3 When muscles are capable of reiterated contractions and relaxations, they are said to be alive, or to possess irritability.

1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 73 Some leaves possess the property, when acted upon by certain bodies, of moving. This is called, in reference to leaves, Irritability.

1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised v. 172 The irritability of the labellum in several distantly-allied forms is highly remarkable.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 401 Instances of that response of living matter, as a manifestation of ‘irritability’, to chemical changes in its surroundings which is denoted by the term ‘chemiotaxis’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	irritability
释义	irritabilityn. /ˌɪrɪtəˈbɪlɪti/ Etymology: < Latin irrītābilitās, < irrītābilis : see irritable adj. and -ity suffix. Compare French irritabilité (Haller, 1756). The quality or state of being irritable. 1. The quality or state of being easily annoyed or excited to anger or impatience; proneness to vexation or annoyance; petulance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun] impatiencec1230 eagernessa1400 unsufferancea1400 impatiency1526 testiness1526 impatientness1550 touchiness1603 tetchiness1623 irritability1791 twitchiness1834 rustiness1860 soreheadedness1860 shirtiness1868 chippiness1877 rattiness1898 cabin fever1918 snarkiness1960 edginess1963 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1752 I. 130 The gloomy irritability of his existence was more painful to him than ever. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 139 His second subject of conversation..seemed rather delicate for the Smith's present state of irritability. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 26 The irritability of their vanity has been much exaggerated. 1847 R. W. Emerson Shakespeare in Wks. (1906) I. 354 The perilous irritability of poetic talent. 1881 W. Collins Black Robe i. vi. 205 There was not only irritability, there was contempt..in her tone. 2. Pathology. Of a bodily organ or part: The condition of being excessively or morbidly excitable or sensitive to the contact or action of anything. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [noun] > irritability irritation1686 irritability1769 irritableness1805 worry1897 Hoffmann('s) symptom1900 hyperirritability1913 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 373 From a peculiar weakness, or too great an irritability of the bowels. 1785 Alex. Grant (title) Observations on the Use of Opium, in Diseases supposed to be owing to morbid irritability. 1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 51 He is all right, save slight irritability and scurf in the scalp. 3. Physiology and Biology. The capacity of being excited to vital action (e.g. motion, contraction, nervous impulse, etc.) by the application of an external stimulus: a property of living matter or protoplasm in general, and characteristic in a special degree of certain organs or tissues of animals and plants, esp. muscles and nerves: see irritable adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > stimulation > [noun] > stimulability or irritability irritability1755 excitability1788 vital contractility1830 reactivity1888 stimulability1975 1751 J. G. Zimmerman (title) Dissertatio Physiologica de Irritabilitate, quam publice defendet.] 1755 R. Whytt (title) Physiological Essays..On the Sensibility and Irritability of the Parts of Men and other Animals; occasioned by Dr. Haller's Treatise on these Subjects. 1788 Sir J. E. Smith in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 Abr. 421 (heading) On the Irritability of Vegetables. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlix. 405 Physicians talk of the irritability of our nervous system. 1805 A. Carlisle in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 95 3 When muscles are capable of reiterated contractions and relaxations, they are said to be alive, or to possess irritability. 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 73 Some leaves possess the property, when acted upon by certain bodies, of moving. This is called, in reference to leaves, Irritability. 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised v. 172 The irritability of the labellum in several distantly-allied forms is highly remarkable. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 401 Instances of that response of living matter, as a manifestation of ‘irritability’, to chemical changes in its surroundings which is denoted by the term ‘chemiotaxis’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1755
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