English

Adjective

irous ‎(comparative more irous, superlative most irous)

1. (obsolete) irascible; passionate
   • 1394, Chaucer, “v. 2063”, in The Summoner's Tale:

     And right anon this irous, cursed wrecche / Leet this knyghtes sone bifore hym fecche...

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin *irosus, from ira ‎(“anger, rage”) + -osus.

Adjective

irous m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular irouse)

1. enraged; furious; very angry

Related terms

• ire