irous
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French iros, from ire. See English ire.
Adjective
[edit]irous
- irascible; passionate
- 1394, Chaucer, “v. 2063”, in The Summoner's Tale[1]:
- And right anon this irous, cursed wrecche / Leet this knyghtes sone bifore hym fecche...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin *irosus, from ira (“anger, rage”) + -osus.
Adjective
[edit]irous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular irouse)