Definition of "iracund" [i•ra•cund]

• Angry; irritable; passionate; irascible; choleric. (adjective)

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• "And the '"steal Injun hoss!" iterated and reiterated by a dozen voices, and always with the most iracund emphasis, enabled Roland to form a proper conception of the sense in which his enemies held that offence, as well as of the great merits and wide-spread fame of his new ally, whose mere voice had thrown the red-men into such a ferment."
• ""I thought you were in it," replied the mayor, turning very red in the face, for he had heard of Mr. Pullwool as the leader of said ring; and being an iracund man, he was ready to knock his head off."
• ""By heavens!" exclaimed the iracund mayor, turning red again."