Associations to the word «Irritant»

Wiktionary

IRRITANT, adjective. Causing irritation or inflammation.
IRRITANT, adjective. (legal) (Scotland) Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
IRRITANT, noun. Any medication designed to cause irritation
IRRITANT, noun. A source of irritation.

Dictionary definition

IRRITANT, noun. Something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats