irascibility, n.Definitions

Irascibility (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what we call a person's fits of anger projected deep inside him and taken as their cause.

Irascibility (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a proclivity, not a passion: the irascible care nothing in particular about birds, money or men, but just get mad, mad, mad about them all.

Irascibility (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like a bog: it doesn't always stink, but disturb it and you will smell it; strike the irascible man and watch him go mad.