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Webster 1913 Edition


Irritancy

Ir′ri-tan-cy

,
Noun.
[From 1st
Irritant
.]
(Scots Law)
The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity; forfeiture.
Burrill.

Ir′ri-tan-cy

,
Noun.
[From 2d
Irritant
.]
The state or quality of being irritant or irritating.

Definition 2024


irritancy

irritancy

English

Noun

irritancy (countable and uncountable, plural irritancies)

  1. the quality of being irritant or irritating
  2. (law, Scotland) the state or quality of being null and void; invalidity
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