Irritate

ir′i-tāt, v.t. to make angry: to provoke: to excite heat and redne in: ( Scots law ) to render null and void.— n. Irritabil′ity , the quality of being easily irritated: the peculiar susceptibility to stimuli po e ed by the living ti ues.— adj. Irr′itable , that may be irritated: easily provoked: ( med. ) susceptible of excitement or irritation.— n. Irr′i table ne .— adv. Irr′itably .— n. Irr′itancy , the state of being irritant: a becoming null and void.— adj. Irr′itant , irritating.— n. that which causes irritation.— n. Irritā′tion , act of irritating or exciting: excitement: ( med. ) the term applied to any morbid excitement of the vital actions not amounting to inflammation, often, but not always, leading to that condition.— adjs. Irr′itātive , Irr′itātory , tending to irritate or excite: accompanied with or caused by irritation. [L. irritāre , -ātum , prob. freq. of irrīre , to snarl, as a dog.]