noun
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a tendency to become angry or irritated quickly
His notorious irascibility made even minor disagreements difficult to resolve.
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Formed from irascible + -ity. Irascible entered English through French and Late Latin irascibilis ("prone to anger"), from Latin irasci ("to become angry"), itself related to ira ("anger").