ire

[ahyuhr]

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin īra anger

ire·less, adjective


fury, rage, choler, spleen.
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Ire.

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ire (aɪə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
literary anger; wrath
 
[C13: from Old French, from Latin īra]
 
'ireful
 
adj
 
'irefully
 
adv
 
'irefulness
 
n
 
'ireless
 
adj

Ire.
 
abbreviation for
Ireland

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ire
c.1300, from O.Fr. ire (11c.), from L. ira "anger, wrath, rage," from PIE base *eis-, forming various words denoting "passion" cf. Gk. hieros "filled with the divine, holy," oistros "gadfly," originally "thing causing madness;" Skt. esati "drives on," yasati "boils;" Avestan aesma "anger").
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
Ire.
Ireland
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Example sentences
It also, as you know, got up the ire of some of my colleagues.
But diesel also emits more carcinogenic particles, earning the ire of
  campaigners for cleaner urban air.
The plan failed on both counts-but ignited riots among students and ire among
  parents and lecturers.
So the real test will be how the particle physics community responds, whether
  with spittle-flecked ire or reasoned argument.
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