iracundity · noun — anger; irritability. It carries an Arena rating of 1382, earned across 46 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, iracundity ranks #2,074 of 17,146 for Most Storied Words, #4,328 of 17,171 for Scariest Words, #4,574 of 17,130 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,630 of 17,176 for Most Incisive Words.
Why “iracundity” is a great word
IRACUNDITY — [Noun] A proneness to anger; a state or quality of being irascible. From Latin īrācundus ("prone to anger, irascible"), from īra ("anger") + -cundus (adjective-forming suffix denoting inclination), combined with the English suffix -ity (forming nouns of state or quality). Unlike "ire," which is the specific flame of anger, or "irascibility," its more common clinical cousin, iracundity is the permanent, smoldering fault line within a temperament. It is the slow reddening of a magistrate’s neck during a tedious petition, the precise clench of a jaw before a retort, the habitual slam of a ledger upon a desk—the quiet but inescapable architecture of a soul built to combust.
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Etymology
From iracund + -ity.
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