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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Irritative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Serving to excite or irritate.

2. Accompanied with or produced by increased action or irritation; as an irritative fever.

Irritative [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Serving to excite or irritate; irritating; as, an irritative agent.

2. Accompanied with, or produced by, increased action or irritation; as, an irritative fever.