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irascent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
iras-cent
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Growing angry; becoming enraged.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irascentem

Inflected Forms

more irascent (comparative) most irascent (superlative)

Questions

What does irascent mean?
Growing angry; becoming enraged.
Where does irascent come from?
Borrowed from Latin irascentem

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