irritancy

English edit

Etymology edit

irritant +‎ -cy

Noun edit

irritancy (countable and uncountable, plural irritancies)

The quality of being irritant or irritating.
(law, Scotland) The state or quality of being null and void; invalidity^[1]

Derived terms edit

photoirritancy

References edit

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

“irritancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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