irascible
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Irascible and inimitable, Mr. Smith kept the Fall going for four decades and more than 30 albums.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2018
Irascible and inimitable, Smith kept The Fall going for four decades and more than 30 albums.
From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2018
Ribuffo’s surname announces his identity in the Dickensian style: Irascible, brilliant and deeply learned, he is one of the profession’s great rebuffers.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2017
Irascible to the end, he told her that he was "totally unrepentant," and said that being remembered was "not important."
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2016
Irascible, ī-ras′i-bl, adj. susceptible of ire or anger: easily provoked: irritable.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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