irritatory

English

Etymology

irritate +‎ -ory

Adjective

irritatory (comparative more irritatory, superlative most irritatory)

1. Producing irritation.
   • 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains of the Ever Memorable Mr. John Hales:

     For nothing hinders Wounds from cicatrising; more than concourse of Humor to the diseaſed Part ; and keeping things irritatory about the Orifice of the Wound

References

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