irritancy

English

Etymology

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

Derived terms

• photoirritancy

 

References

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