IRRESPIRABLE
IRRES'PIRABLE, adjective [in and respirable.] Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities which support animal life; as irrespirable air.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IRRESPONSIBILITY
IRRESPONSIBIL'ITY, noun Want of responsibility.
IRRESPONSIBLE
IRRESPONS'IBLE, adjective [in and responsible.] Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; not answerable.
IRRETENTIVE
IRRETEN'TIVE, adjective Not retentive or apt to retain.
IRRETRIEVABLE
IRRETRIE'VABLE, adjective [in and retrievable, from retrieve.]Not to be recovered or repaired; irrecoverable; irreparable; as an irretrievable loss.
IRRETRIEVABLENESS
IRRETRIE'VABLENESS, noun The state of being irretrievable.
IRRETRIEVABLY
IRRETRIE'VABLY, adverb Irreparably; irrecoverably; in a manner not to be regained.
IRRETURNABLE
IRRETURN'ABLE, adjective Not to be returned.
IRREVERENCE
IRREV'ERENCE, noun [Latin irreverentia; in and reverentia. See Reverence.]1. Want of reverence, or want of veneration; want of due regard to the authority and character of the S...
IRREVERENT
IRREV'ERENT, adjective1. Wanting in reverence and veneration; not entertaining or manifesting due regard to the Supreme Being.2. Proceeding from irreverence; expressive of a wan...
IRREVERENTLY
IRREV'ERENTLY, adverb Without due regard to the authority and character of the Supreme being; in an irreverent manner.1. Without due respect to superiors.
IRREVERSIBLE
IRREVERS'IBLE, adjective [in and reversible.] That cannot be reversed; that cannot be recalled, repealed or annulled; as an irreversible decree or sentence.
IRREVERSIBLENESS
IRREVERS'IBLENESS, noun State of being irreversible.
IRREVERSIBLY
IRREVERS'IBLY, adverb In a manner which precludes a reversal or repeal.
IRREVOCABILITY
IRREVOCABIL'ITYIRREV'OCABLE, adjective [Latin irrevocabilis; in and revocabilis, revoco; re and voco, to call.] Not to be recalled or revoked; that cannot be reversed, repealed ...
IRREVOCABLE
IRREV'OCABLE, a. [L. irrevocabilis; in and revocabilis, revoco; re and voco, to call.] Not to be recalled or revoked; that cannot be reversed, repealed or annulled; as an irrevo...
IRREVOCABLENESS
IRREV'OCABLENESS, noun State of being irrevocable.
IRREVOCABLY
IRREV'OCABLY, adverb Beyond recall; in a manner precluding repeal.
IRREVOKABLE
IRREVO'KABLE, adjective [in and revokable.]Not to be recalled; irrevocable.
IRREVOLUBLE
IRREV'OLUBLE, adjective That has no revolution. [Not used.]
IRRIGATE
IR'RIGATE, verb transitive [Latin irrigo; in and rigo, to water.]1. To water; to wet; to moisten; to bedew.2. To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon it and spread o...
IRRIGATED
IR'RIGATED, participle passive Watered; moistened.
IRRIGATING
IR'RIGATING, participle present tense Watering; wetting; moistening.
IRRIGATION
IRRIGA'TION, noun The act of watering or moistening.1. In agriculture, the operation of causing water to flow over lands for nourishing plants.
IRRIGUOUS
IRRIG'UOUS, adjective [Latin irriguus. See Irrigate.]1. Watered; watery; moist.The flowery lapOf some irriguous valley spreads her store.2. Dewy; moist.
IRRISION
IRRIS'ION, noun s as z. [Latin irrisio, irrideo; in and ridio, to laugh.] The act of laughing at another.
IRRITABILITY
IRRITABIL'ITY, noun [from irritable.] Susceptibility of excitement; the quality of being easily irritated or exasperated; as irritability of temper.1. In physiology, one of the ...