Posted on 05/23/2005 5:05:33 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Day, Date
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
irascible
adj
i·rasci·bili·ty or i·rasci·ble·ness n. i·rasci·bly adv.
1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered. 2.Characterized by or resulting from anger. 3: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short, short-tempered] 4: characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response" [syn: choleric]
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rscibilis, from Latin rsc, to be angry, from ra, anger. See eis- in Indo-European Roots.]
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
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the dress sounds great. i love black and white.
I understand that "Our Gang" are your contemporaries and all, but 'news of the day'? I'm just saying....
And not a little turgid.
OMG a naked Darth!!! A+++
i am feeling charitable.
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Maybe you are now, but not 20 minutes ago when I used the word in conjunction with a kid's show
Same here
oh i see, you are sulking bc i didn't give you a grade for that. fine. A++
Irascible and hillary go together like stink and you-know-what.
what is with you and HD with the A is to B as C is to blank this AM???? feel like i am taking a dang standardized test!
I just want to make sure I am not misunderstanding this....The Dumbocratic party, which at one time said Dean wa good enough to be the President of the Untied States (/shudder)...Is now saying he isnt good enough to run the Party?????
How can any person trust their judgement on any national candidate?
You mean we had analgous posts? ;)
analAgous - dang it, I hit send instead of backspace!
Yeah SG - what's our problem? It's only a vocabulary classroom - all other aspects of English are forbidden. How stupid of us!
i think this proves they can't. A+++ they are so over.
Speaking of leather-clad dudes, I can't believe they killed off Rex last night on DH.
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