irritancy

English

Etymology

From irritant +‎ -cy.

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[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “IRRITANCY”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.
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