Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irritancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ir-ri-tan-cy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being irritant or irritating.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From irritant + -cy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: irritant

Usage

Inflected Forms

irritancies (plural)

Derived Forms

photoirritancy

Questions

What does irritancy mean?: The quality of being irritant or irritating.
Where does irritancy come from?: From irritant + -cy.

How to pronounce irritancy

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