irritate
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irritate¹
- /ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin irrītātus, perfect passive participle of irrītō (“excite, irritate, incite, stimulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb irritates · irritating · irritated
- To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. If thou irritatest my lord, there will come to war against thee all the Getulians, Numidians, and Garamantes, Afric contains.
- To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
- To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
irritate²
- /ˈɪɹ.ɪˌteɪt/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin irritātus, perfect passive participle of irritō (“to invalidate, render void, annul”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from irritus (“invalid”), the equivalent of in- + ratus (“valid, established, fixed”).
verb irritates · irritating · irritated
- To render null and void. c. 1634-1661 John Bramhall, Protestants' Ordination Defended Are human laws presently superfluous, so often as they do not irritate or abrogate Divine laws ?
