† iracundiousadj.
Obsolete.
Inclined to wrath; = iracund adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)
hotOE
wooda1250
hastivec1300
irous1303
hastya1350
angrya1387
melancholiousa1393
quicka1400
irefulc1400
melancholyc1450
turnec1480
iracundiousa1492
passionatea1500
fumish1523
irascible1530
wrothful1535
fierya1540
warm1547
choleric1556
hot at hand1558
waspish1566
incensive1570
bilious1571
splenative1593
hot-livered1599
short1599
spitfire1600
warm-tempered1605
temperless1614
sulphurous1616
angryable1662
huffy1680
hastish1749
peppery1778
quick-tempered1792
inflammable1800
hair-triggered1806
gingery1807
spunky1809
iracund1821
irascid1823
wrathy1828
frenzy1859
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
tempersome1875
exacerbescent1889
tempery1905
lightningy1906
temperish1925
short-fused1979
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclxv/2 Yf a man yracundyous were so vertuous..yet it sholde not please god bycause of his yre.
?1518 Kalender of Shepardes (new ed.) lii. sig. N.ivv He the whiche is borne under Capricornus..shall be yracundious, a fornicatoure, a lyer.
1662 J. Chandler tr. S. D. d'A. in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike Prophesy sig. e4 Th' scorching flame of iracundious Jove.
Derivatives
iraˈcundiously adv. [compare 16th cent. French iracundieusement] wrathfully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
wrothec950
wrothlyOE
moodilyOE
thraftlyc1275
wrathfullyc1330
teenfullya1375
heavyc1380
angerlya1387
angrilyc1400
irouslya1450
fumously1459
wrethfullyc1475
hot1487
irefully1490
wrothfullya1500
wrothly?a1500
melancholily1536
enragedlya1572
fumingly1597
iracundiously1599
teenouslya1600
passionately1615
warmly1776
wrathily1847
heatedly1862
irately1883
spunkily1890
wrothily1898
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 41 He..then drawing out his knife most iracundiously, at one whiske lopt off his head.
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