Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irritatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ir-ri-ta-to-ry
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Producing irritation.

Example Sentences

"For nothing hinders Wounds from cicatrising; more than concourse of Humor to the diseaſed Part ; and keeping things irritatory about the Orifice of the Wound"

Etymology

From irritate + -ory.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: irritate

Inflected Forms

more irritatory (comparative) most irritatory (superlative)

Questions

What does irritatory mean?: Producing irritation.
Where does irritatory come from?: From irritate + -ory.

How to pronounce irritatory

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