See Also: chauvinist(dictionary)
chauvinist(dictionary)
male chauvinist(dictionary)

irritable (iou) and chauvinist (oh)


irritable (iou)



irritable adjective. M17.
[Latin irritabilis, from irritare: see IRRITATE verb1, -ABLE.]
Readily excited to anger or impatience; easily annoyed. M17.
P. H. Gibbs He was not always in a good humour. Sometimes he was irritable and nervy.
(Of a thing) readily excited to action; highly responsive to stimulus; (of a bodily organ or part) excessively or abnormally sensitive. L18.
irritable bowel (syndrome) a stress-related condition with recurrent abdominal pain and bowel dysfunction.
Biology. Capable of actively responding to physical stimulus of some kind. L18.
irrita'bility noun the quality or state of being irritable M18.
irritably adverb M19.

chauvinist (oh)



someone, especially a man, who believes that their own sex is better or more important than the Other sex
::He's a bit of a male chauvinist .
::a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)
someone who believes that their own country or race is better or more important than any Other
-- chauvinist adj