英语词汇irritable的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	irritable
词源	irritable adj. 1660s, "susceptible to mental irritation," from French irritable and directly from Latin irritabilis "easily excited," from irritare "excite, provoke" (see irritate). Meaning "responding quickly to a stimulus" is from 1791. Related: Irritably. Entries linking to irritable irritate v. 1530s, "stimulate to action, rouse, incite," from Latin irritatus, past participle of irritare "excite, provoke, annoy;" according to de Vaan, probably a verb from Proto-Italic *rito- "stirred," from the same PIE root that produced English run (v.). Meaning "annoy, make impatient" in English is from 1590s. The earlier verb in English was irrite (mid-15c.), from Old French irriter. Related: Irritated; irritating. irritability n. 1755, from irritable + -ity or else from Latin irribilitas. updated on January 08, 2016
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irritable adj.