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Irritative adj.

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

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

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Etymology of 'Irritative'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Irritative" Quotes from Famous Books

... its bark a larger quantity of the prussic acid principle, which is sedative to the nervous centres, and also some considerable tannin. As an infusion, or syrup, or vegetable extract, it will allay nervous palpitation of the heart, and will quiet the irritative hectic cough of consumption, whilst tending to ameliorate the impaired digestion. Its preparations can be readily had from our leading druggists, and are found to be highly useful. A teaspoonful of the syrup, ...

— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie

... reconnaissance, artillery observation, and photography with a minimum of interruption, while the German planes were so hard pressed to defend their place in the air that they could seldom guide their own guns or collect useful information. To this satisfactory result must be added the irritative effect on enemy morale of the knowledge that whenever the weather was fine our machines hummed overhead, ready ...

— Cavalry of the Clouds • Alan Bott

Words linked to "Irritative" : irritate