Reverse Dictionary: IRRI – IZ

IRRITABILITY – nouns
– BURR UNDER YOUR SADDLE BLANKET an unexplained irritability …1987 Can. sl.
– BUTT, THE anger or irritability …1973 Amer. sl.
– CABIN FEVER lassitude, restlessness, impatience, or irritability as a result of being confined in too small a space, with no variety in companions or occupations …1918 sl.
– EAGERNESS † bitterness, irritability …1475
– HYPO, THE † hypochondria; generally, depression, anxiety, irritability, or low spirits …1701
– TILTISHNESS † ill-temper; touchiness, irritability …1746 Eng. dial.
– VINNY nervous irritability …1881 Eng. dial.
 
IRRITABLE – adjectives
– ATRY of persons: irritable, fretful, grim, ill-tempered …1742 Sc.
– ATTERY of persons: irritable, fretful, grim, ill-tempered …1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– AZZALD bad-tempered, irritable …1841 Eng. dial.
– BANGIE irritable, quarrelsome, pettish …Bk1898 Sc.
– BITCHY irritable; complaining …Bk2006 US sl.
– CAINGY irritable, cross, peevish, ill-tempered …1778 Eng. dial.
– CAPERNOITED crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish; ill-natured, fractious …1719 Sc.
– CAPERNOITY crabbed, irritable, peevish; slightly affected in the head by drinking, muddle-headed, wrong-headed …1769 Sc.
– CARNAPTIOUS irritable, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, fault-finding …1890 Sc. & Irish
– CATCHY impatient, irritable …1895 Amer. dial.
– CRABBIT bad-tempered, irritable …Sc. & Irish
– CRANKY irritable; fretful …Bk2006 US sl.
– CROOK irritable, bad-tempered ,angry …1911 Aust. & NZ
– DAIN cross, irritable …1896 Eng. dial.
– DUSTY tetchy, irritable, out of sorts …1980s US college sl.
– EAR-SORE † irritable, ill-tempered, morose, peevish, quarrelsome; apt to take offense …1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– EDGY nervous, irritable, tense …1837 UK sl.
– ELVISH irritable, spiteful, mischievous …1813 Eng. dial.
– FRATCHETY peevish, irritable, ill-tempered, cross, quarrelsome …19C Eng. dial.
– FUDGY fretful, irritable, uneasy …1819
– FUNKY †* prone to kicking; irritable, easily angered or enraged …1855 Sc.
– GROUCHY ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky …1861 colloq.
– GROUTY sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy, irritable …1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– GRUMBLESOME irritable, complaining, given to grumbling …1950 Amer. dial.
– GRUMPTIOUS irritable, sullen, inclined to grumbling …B1900 Eng. dial.
– GRUNTY irritable, grouchy …1892 Amer. dial.
– GUSTFUL fitfully irritable or emotional
– GUSTY fitfully irritable or emotional
– HASTISH quickly excited to anger; quick-tempered, passionate, irritable …1749 Eng. dial.
– HAVE THE RAG ON to be distracted and irritable …1963 US sl.
– HURRY-DURRY † impatient, irritable …1672 nautical
– ILL-BLAINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable …1887 Eng. dial.
– ILL-BLENDED morose, ill-tempered, irritable …1887 Eng. dial.
– ILL-TWINED morose, ill-tempered, irritable …1887 Sc.
– IN A FUME irritable, angry …LME
– IRACUND inclined to wrath; prone to anger; passionate, irascible, irritable …1821
– KNAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; irritable; sarcastic …1840 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– KVETCHY given to or characterized by complaining or criticizing; ill-tempered, irritable …1965 US colloq., chiefly Jewish usage
– MAGGOTISH ill-tempered, irritable …20C Aust. sl.
– MAGGOTTY ill-tempered, irritable …20C Aust. sl.
– MAGGOTY queer-tempered, fractious, cross, ill-tempered, irritable …1890 Eng. dial.
– MEANY mean; irritable …1941 Amer. dial.
– METTLY quick-tempered, irritable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MINNITY very irritable and impatient …Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
– MUMPED UP irritable …1903 Amer. dial.
– NAGGY cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable; ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy; sarcastic …1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NATTLE quick to take offense; touchy; irritable; cross …1868 Eng. dial.
– NATTLED cross, ill-tempered, irritable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NAZY peevish, ill-tempered, irritable; low-spirited …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NAZZY peevish, ill-tempered, irritable, cross; low-spirited …1878 Eng. dial.
– NETTLESOME irritable …1766
– NETTLY irritable …1825
– NIGGEDY-NAGGETY irritable, nasty-tempered, bad-tempered …1887 Eng. dial.
– ON OFFSIDES of a person: odd, peculiar; irritable, touchy, easily offended …1969 Amer. dial.
– ON THE OFFSIDE of a person: odd, peculiar; irritable, touchy, easily offended …1969 Amer. dial.
– ON THE PECK irritable; angry; ready to fight; short-tempered; easily offended …1907 Amer. dial.
– ON THE RAG irritated, irritable, testy, bad-tempered …1963 sl.
– OUCHY irritable, short-tempered, touchy, easily offended, sensitive, intolerant …1966 Amer. dial.
– OUT OF ONE’S GEARS † out of sorts; irritable, grouchy …a1700
– OWLY angry, cross, irritable, bad-tempered, easily offended; sulky, pouting …1950 Amer. dial.
– PATCHY cross, irritable, testy, uncertain in temper …1883 Eng. dial.
– PAUGHTY irritable, easily provoked, short-tempered …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RASPISH * irritating, irritable …1854
– RASPY easily exasperated, irritable, short-tempered …1877
– RATTY irritable, annoyed, cross, bad-tempered …1909 colloq., orig. UK
– REEDEN-LIKE as though irritable …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– REEDENT peevish, irritable, angry …1781 Eng. dial.
– RINGY nervous; angry; irritable …1928 Amer. dial.
– SHACK WACKY nervous or irritable as a result of confinement to close quarters …1991 Amer. dial.
– SHIRTY irritable, ill-tempered, cross …1846 sl.
– SHITTY irritable, ill-tempered, cross …1846 sl.
– SHORT-GRAINED short-tempered, irritable …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SHORT-METTLED short-tempered, irritable, hasty …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SHORT-PATIENCED quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient …1922 Amer. dial.
– SHORT-PATIENT quick-tempered; excitable; touchy; irritable; easily offended; impatient …1922 Amer. dial.
– SNAKY irritable, angry, annoyed …1919 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SNAPPY short-tempered; irritable …1834 US sl.
– SNARKY irritable; touchy; sarcastic, snide …1906 Amer. sl.
– SNITCHY tetchy, ill-tempered, irritable …1970s NZ sl.
– SNORTY ill-tempered, disagreeable, captious, irritable, bad-tempered …B1900 colloq.
– SPLENITIVE †* splenetic; irritable, morose, peevish, ill-humoured, quick-tempered, testy …1633
– SPUNKIE, SPUNKY angry, irritable, irascible …1809 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– STOMACHY easily angered; irritable …Eng. dial.
– STREAKY irritable; short-tempered …Bk1904 sl.
– TADIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
– TAGEOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
– TARRY irritable, verging towards spiteful anger …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TATCHY touchy, irritable, peevish, fretful, cross …1746 Eng. dial.
– TECHEOUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1842 Amer. dial.
– TECHOUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1903 Amer. dial.
– TECHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended, sensitive …1815 Amer. dial.
– TEDDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
– TEDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless …1892 Eng. dial.
– TEECHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered …1691 Eng. dial.
– TETCHEROUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1976 Amer. dial.
– TETCHIFIED touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1944 Amer. dial.
– TETCHIOUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1913 Amer. dial.
– TETCHOUS touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1842 Amer. dial.
– TETCHOUS AS A SKINNED EEL touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1842 Amer. dial.
– TETCHSOME touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered …1966 Amer. dial.
– TETCHY touchy, irritable, fretful, short-tempered, peevish, easily offended …1592
– TETTY † easily offended; irritable, peevish; captious, testy, cross-tempered; bad-tempered …1621 obs. exc. Sc.
– THREE-CORNERED irritable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THREE-NOOKED irritable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– THREE-SQUARE irritable …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TICKY irritable; itchy; affected by ticks or lice …1857 Eng. dial.
– TIFFY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, pettish, ill-humoured, uncertain in temper …1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TIFTY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, uncertain in temper …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TILTISH † easily offended, irritable, touchy …1746 Eng. dial.
– TILTY † easily offended, irritable, touchy …1825 Eng. dial.
– TIMMY irritable, fretful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TITCHY tetchy, peevish, irritable, short-tempered; easily offended or angered …1691 Eng. dial.
– TOEY agitated, restless, nervous, on edge, irritable …1930 sl., chiefly Aust.
– TOITISH saucy, pert, or impudent; easily offended; flighty in temper; irritable, ill-tempered, snappish …1846 Eng. dial.
– TOUCHOUS tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; irritable, irascible, peevish; testy, easily angered, ill-tempered …1880 Amer. dial.
– UNPEACEABLE irritable, quarrelsome …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– UPPISH irritable, easily offended …L18 sl.
– WREEDEN peevish, irritable, angry …1781 Eng. dial.
– WRIDDEN peevish, irritable, angry …1781 Eng. dial.
– YAPPY sharp and unpleasant of speech; cross, irritable; usually applied to old people …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
irritable – person
– ABE an irritable or low woman …Bk1971 Boonville California jargon
– BANGREE an ill-natured, ungovernable woman; a contentious, irritable, scolding woman …Bk1888 Sc.
– BEAR a gruff, irritable person …1638 sl.
– BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD, A a gruff, irritable person ...c1638
– BITCHER a complainer, a whinger; an irritable person who is constantly complaining …1937 US sl.
– BITCH KITTY an obstinate, disagreeable, or bad-tempered girl or woman; a difficult, irritable, complaining woman …c1930 Amer. sl. 
– DEAD BATTERY an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist …World War II Amer. sl.
– GLOOM PAN an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist …World War II Amer. sl.
– GLOOM PUSS an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist …World War II Amer. sl.
– GLOOMY PAN an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist …World War II Amer. sl.
– GLUMP a sulky, sullen, morose person; an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist …1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GLUM PAN an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist …World War II Amer. sl.
– GLUM-POT an irritable, gloomy, or glum person; a melancholy or ill-tempered person; a pessimist …1917 US sl.
– GLUM PUSS ON A HOLIDAY an irritable or gloomy person; a pessimist …World War II Amer. sl.
– GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer …1960 Amer. dial.
– GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer …1968 Amer. dial.
– MOB-CAP a hasty-tongued, irritable person…Bk1895 Eng. dial.
– MOP-CAP a hasty-tongued person, a tartar, a rough and violent or irritable person …Bk1895 Eng. dial.
– NETHER an ill-natured or irritable person …1924 Sc. 
– SAD APPLE a gloomy person, frequently irritable, introverted, or pessimistic; usually a person unnoticed socially; a drip …Bk1975 Amer. sl.
– SPARROW-FART an irritable child …1975 Irish sl.
– SPUNKIE, SPUNKY a person of an irritable and fiery temper …1821 Sc.
– TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant …1663
irritable – verbs
– FALL OFF THE ROOF to be in a nervous, irritable state …1970s US gay sl.
– GET OUT OF BED BACKWARDS to be irritable or ill-tempered …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– GET UP BACKWARDS to be irritable; to get up on the wrong side of the bed …1941 Amer. dial.
– HAVE SHIT ON THE LIVER to be irritable …1935 Aust. sl.
– MUMP (AROUND) to act dejected or ill-humoured; to be irritable …1887 Amer. dial.
 
IRRITATE – person
– GAD-FLY one who irritates, torments, or worries another …1649
– GALLER * one who galls or irritates …1674
irritate – verbs 
– AG to irritate, as by teasing …1908 Sc.
– AGG to irritate, as by teasing …1908 Sc.
– AGGERPERVOKE to aggravate, to irritate, to provoke, to annoy …1923 Amer. dial.
– AGGRATE to irritate …19C Eng. dial.
– AGGRANOY to irritate, to annoy …L19 sl.
– AGGROVOKE to annoy, to irritate …1920s Aust. sl.
– AGRONOY to irritate, to annoy …L19 sl.
– AGROVOKE to annoy, to irritate …1920s Aust. sl.
– AMARICATE †* to irritate, embitter …1651
– BUG to bother, to annoy, to irritate, to vex, to infuriate …1949 Amer. dial.
– BUZZ to annoy, to irritate …1952 Amer. sl.
– CAG to irritate; to annoy; to affront; to anger …1801 Eng. dial.
– CHAP SOMEONE’S ASS to irritate or annoy someone …1961 US sl.
– CHAP SOMEONE’S REAR to irritate or annoy someone …1961 US sl.
– DIG to bother, to irritate one …1967 Amer. dial.
– DRIVE to irritate someone intensely …c1950 Aust. teen sl.
– EAGER † to excite, to irritate, to provoke; to become exasperated …c1374
– EAT ONE UP to irritate one greatly …Bk1995 US sl.
– EGG to tease, to annoy, to pester, to irritate; to importune, to find fault continually, to nag …1746 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– ENGRAGE to irritate, esp. by satire …Bk1900 Sc.
– ERK to annoy, to irritate …2000s US Black sl.
– ERT to urge onward, to incite; to irritate …1789 Sc.
– EXULCERATE to exasperate, to irritate; to aggravate a disease or sorrow …1593
– FART ABOUT to irritate …1980s sl.
– FRAB to harass, worry, fret, fidget; to irritate, excite …1848 Eng. dial.
– FUSSOCK with about: to make a fuss, to bustle about quickly; to fidget, to irritate …1892 Eng. dial.
– GALL to annoy, to vex, to irritate, to hurt in feeling; to chafe, to fret, to become pettish …1602
– GET IN SOMEONE’S HAIR to annoy or irritate someone …1949 US sl.
– GET ONE’S GOAT to get the best of one …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– GET ONE’S NANNY to irritate, to annoy one …1908 Amer. dial.
– GET ONE’S NANNY-GOAT to irritate, to annoy or infuriate one …1914 sl.
– GET UNDER YOUR SKIN to irritate; to become constantly irritating …1896 UK
– GET UP SOMEONE’S NOSE to irritate, to anger …1951 US sl.
– GIVE A PERSON GYP to hurt a person, to cause pain for; hence, to cause trouble for, to irritate or distress …1894
– GIVE ONE THE IRRITS to annoy or irritate …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– GIVE ONE THE PIP to annoy or irritate; to make angry, bad-tempered, or dispirited …1896
– GIVE ONE THE SHITS to annoy or irritate …1928 Aust. & NZ sl.
– GIVE ONE THE WORMS to exasperate, to irritate, to annoy …20C Aust. sl.
– GREISSEL to disgust, to sicken, to nauseate, to irritate …1939 Amer. dial.
– HACK to annoy, to irritate, to anger; to provoke; to goad …1893 Amer. sl.
– HACK OFF to annoy, to irritate, to anger; to provoke; to goad …L19 Amer. sl.
– HAG(G) excite to quarrel; to provoke, to irritate; to annoy, to incite; to complain, to find fault  …1806 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– HELL-HACK to irritate, to annoy; to embarrass …L19 sl.
– JACK UP to call to account; to rebuke; to reprove severely, to reprimand; to scold; to irritate …1896 Amer. dial.
– JAG to vex, to irritate, to annoy, to trouble; to pain, to rankle …1888 Eng. dial.
– JAG OFF to annoy, to irritate, to play tricks on; to disparage; to reject …1968 Amer. dial.
– KAIM AGAINST THE HAIR to oppose, to ruffle, to irritate (kaim = comb) …1768 Sc.
– KEG to irritate; to annoy …E19 Eng. dial.
– MAKE SOMEONE’S BRISTLES RISE to irritate, to infuriate …M19 sl.
– MAKE SOMEONE’S NIPPLES ACHE to irritate, to annoy …1950s sl.
– MAR to annoy, to irritate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MIFF to put a person out of humour; to offend, to irritate somebody …1811
– MUCK ABOUT to irritate, to tease …M19 sl.
– NARK to annoy, to vex, to irritate, to exasperate; to infuriate; to become annoyed …1860 Eng. dial. & sl.
– NEEDLE to annoy, to irritate …1812 sl.
– NETTLE to irritate, to vex, to anger, to provoke …1562
– NIGGLE to irritate, to cause a slight but persistent annoyance …1796 UK colloq.
– OFGRAME †* to vex, to irritate …c1200 obs
– OFTENE † to irritate …a1250
– PISS OFF to annoy, to irritate, to depress a person …1946 sl.
– POKE to stir up; to incite, to goad, to irritate …c1400
– PRORITATE † to stir up, to provoke, to irritate, to incite …1620
– PUT ON to annoy; to irritate …1960s sl.
– RAFT to irritate …Bk19C Eng. dial.
– RASP to grate upon, to irritate …1810
– ROIL to disturb in temper; to irritate, to make angry …M18
– ROUGH UP * to upset, to irritate, to ruffle …1877
– ROYLE to vex; to irritate; to disturb …Bk1903 sl.
– STROKE THE FUR THE WRONG WAY to irritate someone …1870 
– TAISLE to tease, to irritate, to vex …1825 Sc.
– TAIVER to annoy, to vex, to irritate; to bewilder or confuse with much talking or questioning; to lead astray …1861 Sc.
– TAR † to irritate, to vex, to provoke …a1000 obs. or arch.
– TARRE † to irritate, to vex, to provoke …a1000 obs. or arch.
– TAVER to annoy, to vex, to irritate; to bewilder or confuse with much talking or questioning; to lead astray …1861 Sc.
– TERRIFY to annoy, to irritate; to tease, to worry; to importune; to torment, to pain …1839 Eng. dial.
– TICKLE † to vex, to irritate, to provoke …1547-64
– TIFF to excite; to irritate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– URP to annoy, to bother, to irritate …1967 Amer. dial.
– VELLICATE of things: to act upon or affect so as to irritate; to nip, to pinch, to tear a part of the body by means of small or sharp points …1604
– YAG to make a noise; to talk angrily; to importune incessantly; to irritate, to nag; to quarrel …1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YANK SOMEONE’S CHAIN to irritate someone; to annoy someone; to remind or distract someone forcibly …1980s sl.
irritate – phrases
– IT’LL GIVE YOU THE SQUIRMS it will horribly embarrass or irritate you …c1930
 
IRRITATED – adjectives
– AG angry, annoyed, irritated, aggravated …1990s US college sl.
– AGGRO aggravated, irritated, annoyed …Bk2000 Amer. sl.
– ALL MUGGLED UP confused and irritated …1984 Amer. dial.
– BUGGIN’ irritated; perturbed …20C teen & high school sl.
– BULL-GOADED extremely irritated …1964 Amer. dial.
– CAGGED irritated, angry, annoyed, vexed, offended; grieved …Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– DANDERY irritated; angry; alarmed …1838 US sl.
– EGGY angry, irritated …1920s sl., orig. US
– EXULCERATED irritated, embittered, exasperated …1640
– HACKED angry, irritated; annoyed and disappointed …1892 sl., orig. US
– HACKED OFF very angry, irritated, confused;  annoyed and disappointed …1892 sl., orig. US
– HACKED UP angry, annoyed; irritated; confused; tired…1984 Amer. sl.
– JACKED OUT annoyed, irritated, angry …1970s US campus sl.
– LEMONY irritated, angry …1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
– MIFFISH * easily offended or irritated …1790
– MUGGLED UP confused and irritated …1984 Amer. dial.
– NARKED peeved, irritated, annoyed …1888 sl.
– NETTLED irritated, vexed, provoked, annoyed, angry …a1400-50
– NIGGLED annoyed, irritated, esp. when made so by disappointed or the pettiness of others …1878 UK sl.
– ON THE RAG irritated, irritable, testy, bad-tempered …1960s sl.
– PISSED (OFF) angry, irritated; fed up, depressed …1943 sl., orig. US
– RAGGY annoyed, irritated …L19 sl.
– RATTY irritated, annoyed, obstreperous …L19 sl.
– RILEY angry, irritated …a1824 Amer. dial.
– SALTY ill-tempered, angry, irritated, resentful, annoyed …1936 Amer. dial.
– TEMPERED angry, irritated, annoyed, upset …1942 Amer. dial.
– UP IN FEATHERS annoyed, irritated …1969 Amer. dial.
– UP IN THE AIR annoyed, irritated; anxious, upset …1906 Amer. dial.
– UP IN THE BOUGHS angry, irritated …L17 sl.
– WAMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended …1836 Amer. dial.
– WOMBLE-CROPPED unhappy, discomfited, irritated; dissatisfied; offended …1798 Amer. dial.
– X annoyed, irritated, angry, cross …1962 UK sl.
irritated – verbs
– DO ONE’S NUT to have a tantrum; to become extremely angry, irritated or agitated …1919 colloq.
– CARRY THE CAG to be vexed, sullen; to be easily irritated; to lack a sense of humour, esp. as regards jokes against oneself …1811 sl.
– FLY SALTY to be annoyed or irritated; to take offense …1930s sl., orig. US Black usage
– FUME to be angry or irritated …E16
– GET THE HARDNOSE to become angry or irritated …1939 Amer. dial.
– HAVE A HARDNOSE to become angry or irritated …1939 Amer. dial.
– JUMP SALTY to be annoyed or irritated; to take offense …1930s sl., orig. US Black usage
– KECKLE to get irritated or angry …1866 Sc.
– NETTLE * to become irritated or annoyed …1810
– RANKLE * to fret or chafe angrily, to be or become irritated …1582
– REAR UP to become irritated, mad, or angry …1842 Amer. dial.
– REAR UP ON ONE’S HIND LEGS to become irritated, mad, or angry …1842 Amer. dial.
– TAKE PEPPER IN THE NOSE to take offense; to become angry or irritated; to be vexed; to mistrust …1787
 
IRRITATING – adjectives
– ARSEHOLE irritating, contemptible, despicable …1956
– ASSHOLE stupid, irritating, contemptible, despicable …1888 US sl.
– BALL-BREAKING troublesome, difficult, very irritating, physically demanding, exhausting …1959 US sl.
– BALL-BUSTING troublesome, difficult; irritating; physically demanding, exhausting  …1944 US sl.
– DAMFOOL damnably foolish; silly; stupid and irritating …c1895 colloq.
– DAMN-FOOL damnably foolish; silly; stupid and irritating …19C colloq.
– DANGFOOL stupid and irritating …L19 sl.
– DARNFOOL wretched, nasty; silly; stupid and irritating …1780s
– IRKING irritating, troublesome …1898 Sc.
– IRRITATORY * causing irritation; irritating …a1656 
– MESSY fidgeting, irritating, finicking …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NETTLING irritating, provoking …1652
– RASPISH * irritating, irritable …1854
– TEPTIOUS snappish, captious; irritating; treacherous, changeable, not to be depended upon …1876 Eng. dial.
– UP ONE’S ASS immediately behind, hence irritating, bothering …1970s sl.
– UP ONE’S BUTT immediately behind, hence irritating, bothering …1970s sl.
– UP ONE’S HOLE immediately behind, hence irritating, bothering …1970s sl.
– WRONG irritating, contrary …1960s US Black & college sl.
irritating – nouns
– EFFERATION †* irritating action …1684
– MONKEY TRICKS any action considered irritating or annoying …c1920 sl.
irritating – person
– ANKLE-BITER a person regarded as relatively unimportant but nevertheless irritating or annoying …1968 colloq., chiefly US
– ARSEHOLE a stupid, irritating, or despicable person; a person who behaves contemptibly …1928
– ASSHOLE a stupid, irritating, or contemptible person; a person who behaves despicably …1962 US sl.
– BIDDY an old woman, generally irritating or interfering; a fussy, mean, or quarrelsome old woman; usually as ‘old biddy’ …1833 sl.
– FACE-ACHE an ugly, irritating, or miserable-looking person …Bk1988 Aust. & Brit. sl.
– GADFLY an irritating or provoking person; a person who persistently criticizes or challenges the status quo or those in authority, in an attempt to stimulate change …1622
– GALLSTONE an irritating person …1961 US sl.
– GAWDELPUS a helpless, irritating, or exasperating person …1912 jocular
– GAWD-HELP-US a helpless, irritating, or exasperating person …1912 jocular
– HADDIE a sod; an irritating, annoying, or unpleasant person …1962 UK rhyming sl. (haddock and cod) 
– HADDOCK a term of contempt or abuse; a sod, an annoying, irritating, or unpleasant person …1831 UK rhyming sl. (haddock and cod)
– HADDOCK AND COD a term of abuse; a sod, an annoying, irritating, or unpleasant person …1962 UK rhyming sl.
– HAEMORRHOID an annoying or irritating person …1975 US sl.
– HANG-UP a boring, irritating person …1968 US sl.
– MENACE a person that is a bore or a general nuisance; someone or something very troublesome or annoying; an unpleasant, irritating person …1936 sl.
– MOTHBALL * an insignificant or foolish person; an obnoxious or aggravating person; a teenage jerk; an irritating person; an over-diligent student …1944 US sl.
– MOTO a tedious, irritating, boring person …1990 US college sl.
– NETTLER one who irritates …1611
– PAIN an annoying person or irritating person  …1926
– PAIN IN THE NECK an irritating nuisance …1941 UK sl.
– PAIN IN THE PUKU an irritating person (puku – Maori for stomach) …Bk1998 NZ sl. 
– PISS-ANT (depreciative) an insignificant, contemptible, or irritating person …1935 sl.
– SINEX an annoying or irritating person …Brit. sl.
– TARYER † a provoker, a vexer; one who irritates …c1440 
– WICK an irritating or bad-tempered person …1988 Sc. sl.
irritating – verbs 
– GOOB to act irritatingly ….M19 sl.
– PISS-BALL ABOUT to act in a futile or an irritating manner …c1920 sl.
– YIP to  talk in a petulant or irritating manner …1910s US sl.
 
IRRITATION – adjectives
– VELLICATIVE * causing irritation or twitching …1822-7
irritation – nouns 
– ASS, THE anger, annoyance, irritation …1964 Amer. sl.
– BONE an irritation; an annoyance; an aggravation …1944 US sl.
– BRAVOORA a mad-like degree of irritation or fury in man or beast …Bk1911 Sc.
– FUNK a state or fit of gloom, bad temper, depression, irritation, etc. …1834 orig. Sc.
– GROUCHIES a mood of depression, annoyance, or irritation; a sully or gloomy fit …1965 Amer. dial.
– HAEMORRHOID an irritation; an annoying person …1975 US sl.
– MAD anger, irritation; a fit of anger …1867 Amer. dial.
– NARK an annoying or unpleasant thing or situation; a source of irritation; also, a fit of anger or pique …1918 sl.
– NEEDLE resentment, bitterness, irritation …L19 sl.
– NEEDLE, THE a fit of irritation or nervousness …1887
– PAIN an annoying situation; an irritation; anything considered unpleasant, typically a task one does not wish to perform …1910s sl.
– PAIN IN THE PLASTER a nuisance; an irritation …1990s sl.
– REEDANESS a state of irritation or ill temper …1880 Eng. dial.
– RUNNING SORE a persistent problem; a constant nuisance or irritation …1590
– SADDAM HUSSEIN a pain; an irritation; an annoying person …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– SCREAMING HEEBIE-JEEBIES, THE intense irritation …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– TORMENT an instrument of irritation or annoyance …1882
irritation – verbs
– FAUNCH to fret, to worry; to show irritation or impatience; to complain, to sulk …1970 Amer. dial.
irritation –  interjections 
– AG! an exclamation of pleasure, irritation, or exasperation …1930s S. Afr. sl.
– BLAST MY EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. …M18 sl.
– BLAST YOUR EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. …M18 sl.
– DAD BURN! blast it! an exclamation of surprise, irritation or frustration …1829 Amer. sl.
– DAG BURN! an exclamation of surprise, irritation or frustration …1829 Amer. sl.
– DAMN! a profane imprecation; an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, annoyance, frustration, etc. …1589
– DAMN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. …1589
– DAMN MY EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. …M18 sl.
– DAMN YOUR EYES! an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc. …M18 sl.
– DANG! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1821
– DANG IT! damn! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …L18 euphemism
– DARN! damn!; an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc. …1781
– DEAR! a mild register of anxiety, irritation, regret, etc. …1694
– DEAR OH DEAR! a mild register of anxiety, irritation, regret, etc. …1694 UK
– DERN! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1780s euphemism
– DERN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1780s
– DURN! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1780s Amer sl.
– DURN IT! an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, frustration, etc. …1780s
– FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! for Christ’s sake! used to express anger, irritation, surprise, astonishment, etc. …1924 euphemism
– I’LL BE SWITCHED! exclamation of irritation, surprise, denial …M19
– OH DEAR! a mild register of anxiety, irritation, regret, etc. …1694 UK
– SHUCKINS! an expression of annoyance, irritation, contempt, or disbelief …1893 Amer. dial.
– TO HELL WITH YOU! used as an expression of irritation or anger …1846 Amer. sl.
– WHAT A POX! exclamation of annoyance, irritation …L16 sl.
– WITH A POX! exclamation of annoyance, irritation …L16 sl.
 
ISLAM – person
– KAFFIR any person who does not accept Islam …2003 Trinidad and Tobago
– ULEMA a Mohammedan doctor or divine; a scholar of Islamic law …a1843 
 
ISLAND, ISLE – nouns
– AISLET a little island …Bk1895 
– AIT a small island, an islet; esp. an island in a river …a1200
– ALLAN a bit of land nearly surrounded by water; an island …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BAT a river-island …Bk1898 Sc.
– CALF * a small island lying close to a larger one …L17
– EALAND an island …1883 Eng. dial.
– ELLAN a very small island in a river …Bk1900 Sc.
– EYOT a small island, an islet; esp. an island in a river …1670
– HAYTE † an islet …1532
– ILLAUN an islet …1882 Irish
– INCH a small island; low-lying land near a river or stream …1859 Sc. & Ireland
– INSH a small island; low-lying land near a river or stream …1859 Sc. & Ireland
– OE * a small island …1817
– YAIL an isle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
ISOLATED – adjectives
– ALONE of a person, place, etc.: isolated, lonely, solitary …1921 colloq.
– BUSHED isolated, feeling the effects of ‘cabin fever’ …1941 Amer. dial.
– ICED isolated, ignored …1970s US Black sl.
isolated – nouns
– MIDDLE OF NOWHERE an isolated place …Bk1990 sl.
 
ISOLATION – nouns
– SINGLENESS the fact of standing alone; solitude, solitariness, isolation …1805
 
ISRAEL – nouns
– T.A. Tel Aviv …c1939 colloq.
Israel – person
– HEBREW a person belonging to the Semitic tribe or nation descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; an Israelite, a Jew; historically, the term is applied to the early Israelites; in modern use it avoids the religious and other associations often attaching to Jew …c1375
– YORDIM Israeli citizens who emigrate to another country, esp. the United States …1976 
 
ISSUE – verbs
– MAKE A STINK to make a bit issue about …Bk1990 Amer. sl.
– RAISE A STINK to make a bit issue about …Bk1990 Amer. sl.
 
ISSUE (supply, distribute) – verbs
– EDITION †* to make an edition of; to issue, to publish …1716
 
ISTHMUS – nouns
– BALK † a dividing ridge of land; an isthmus; a bar of sand, etc. …1538
– BAULK † a dividing ridge of land; an isthmus; a bar of sand, etc. …1538
– KAME a small peninsula, in the form of a narrow, low isthmus, leading from a cliff to the shore …1905 Sc.
– LAND-NECK † an isthmus …1618
– LAND-PASSAGE † an isthmus …1601
– LAND-STRAIT † an isthmus …1601
– SCAW an isthmus or promontory …Bk1904 Sc.
– SKAW an isthmus or promontory …Bk1904 Sc.
– TARBET a neck of land, an isthmus; hence, a portage between two lochs or navigable channels …1843 Sc.
 
ITALY – adjectives
– DAGO (derogatory) pert. to a Latin, usually an Italian, a Mexican or a Spaniard; any dark-skinned native …M19 sl., orig. US
– EYETALIAN (generally offensive) Italian …1838 US colloq.
– EYETIE, EYTIE, ITIE, ITY (derogatory & offensive) Italian …1941 sl., orig. military usage
– MACARONI Italian …M19 sl.
– TALLY Italian …1985 Sc. sl.
– URBICARIAN † belonging to a city, esp. of Rome …1654 
​- WOP Italian …1961 US sl.
Italy – nouns
– DAGO (derogatory) Italian food, esp. pasta …1942 US sl.
– DAGO CENTER (derogatory) the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city …1920s US sl.
– DAGOLAND (derogatory) Southern Europe, esp. Italy …1976 US sl.
– DAGO TOWN (derogatory) the Italian, Mexican, or Puerto Rican area of a town or city …1920s US sl.
– ITALOMANIA wild enthusiasm for Italy …1860
– ITIE an Italian; something Italian …1925 Amer. dial.
– LITTLE ITALY a neighbourhood populated by a large number of Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans …1970 US sl.
– SPAGHETTI CORNER an Italian community within an urban area …1950s US sl.
– TALLY Italy …1942 Amer. sl.
Italy – person
– ABBOT in Italy: a high-ranking magistrate of a city or republic; spec., esp. in the Republic of Genoa: the chief magistrate …1734 now hist.
– ABRUZZESE a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy …1816
– ABRUZZIAN a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy …1570
– ACK (derogatory) an Italian …1941 Amer. dial.
– ACKEY (derogatory) an Italian …1941 Amer. dial.
– BALONEY BENDER an Italian …1938 US sl.
– BANANA PEDDLER (derogatory) an Italian immigrant …1916 Amer. sl.
– BANANA PUSHER (derogatory) an Italian …1969 Amer. dial.
– BERGAMASK a native or inhabitant of Bergamo, a province in the state of Venice …1602
– BERSAGLIERE a rifleman or sharpshooter in the Italian army …1862
– CHESTNUT STABBER a person of Italian heritage …1968 Amer. dial.
– DAGE (derogatory) a Dago …c1910 Aust. sl.
– DAGO (derogatory) an Italian or Italian American; orig. applied to Spaniards, then to Spaniards, Portuguese, and Italians, and now to Italians only …1823 US sl.
– DING (derogatory) an Italian; a Greek …1940 Aust. sl.
– DINGBAT (derogatory) a nickname for an Italian …20C sl.
– DINO (mildly derogatory) a nickname for a Mexican or Italian labourer …20C US sl.
– EYETALIAN (generally offensive) an Italian …1838 US colloq.
– EYETIE, EYETY, EYTIE, ITIE, ITY (derogatory & offensive) an Italian …1919 sl., orig. military usage
– GAFONE (derogatory) an Italian; a fool …1976 sl.
– GANDY DANCER an Italian …20C US sl.
– GARLIC (derogatory) a French, Portuguese, or Italian person …1971 US sl.
– GARLIC DESTROYER (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person …1915 US sl.
– GARLIC-EATER (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person …1865 US sl.
– GARLIC-MOUTH (derogatory) a French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian person …1957 US sl.
– GARLIC MUNCHER a European person; a Greek or Italian …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– GARLIC-SNAPPER an Italian …1942 US sl.
– GENEVOIS † a native of Genoa, Italy …1521
– GENOAN † a native or inhabitant of Genoa, Italy …1608
– GENOESE a native of Genoa …1905
– GENOESIAN † a native of Genoa …1624
– GENOVESE * a native of Genoa …1603
– GENOWAY † a native of Genoa; Italy …c1400
– GHINI, GHINNY an Italian person, usually an immigrant to the US …1882 US sl.
– GHINZO (derogatory) an Italian person …1931 US sl.
– GIBRONEY an Italian …1966 US sl.
– GIN (derogatory) an Italian; a person of Italian descent …1985  Amer. sl.
– GINEE, GINNEE, GINNEY, GINNIE, GINNY – (derogatory) an Italian; a person of Italian descent …1882 Amer. sl.
– GINSO, GINZO, GUINZO * (usually offensive) a person of Italian origin; an Italian …1931 US sl.
– GREASEBALL (offensive) a person of Italian descent …US
– GUIN (derogatory) a nickname for an Italian …20C US sl.
– GUINEA (derogatory) an immigrant of Italian or Spanish origin …1890 US sl.
– HIGHTALIAN an Italian …1899 sl.
– HIKE (usually derogatory) an Italian immigrant …1896 Amer. dial.
– HIKEY (usually derogatory) an Italian immigrant …1967 Amer. dial.
– IBM a member of an organized crime family; an Italian businessman …1997 US sl.
– ICE-CREAMER an Italian …1930s sl.
– IKE a person of Italian background …1941 Amer. sl.
– IKEY a person of Italian background …1941 Amer. sl.
– ITE (derogatory) an Italian …E20 Brit. & US sl.
– ITEY (derogatory) an Italian …E20 Brit. & US sl.
– ITIE an Italian; something Italian …1925 Amer. dial.
– MACARONI an Italian: used contemptuously …1845 sl.
– MACARONI BENDER an Italian …M19 sl.
– MACARONI-SMACKER (derogatory) an Italian …1969 Amer. dial.
– MACARONI-SNAPPER an Italian …20C Amer. dial.
– MADONNA † an Italian lady …1602
– MODENESE an inhabitant or native of Modena in northern Italy …1711
– MONARCHO * a crack-brained Englishman affecting the airs of an Italian …Bk1888
– MOUNTAIN GUINEA a northern Italian; used by southern Italians …1960s US Italians’ usage
– MOUNTAIN WOP (derogatory) an Italian …1964 US sl.
– ORGAN GRINDER (derogatory) an Italian, specifically, an immigrant …1910s sl.
– PADANIAN a native or inhabitant of Padania in northern Italy; a supporter of independence for this region …1996
– PADOVAN a native or inhabitant of the city of Padua, Italy or of the surrounding area …1953
– PADRONE 1. the male proprietor of an Italian restaurant, inn, boarding house, etc. …1678
2. the proprietor of an inn in Italy …1678
3. an Italian labour contractor – an employer of street musicians, begging children, etc . …c1751
– PADUAN a native or inhabitant of the city of Padua, Italy, or of the surrounding region …a1592
– PAESANO in early use: a person of Italian descent or birth; esp. a rustic person, a villager; in later use: an Italian-American man; a mafioso …a1930 chiefly US
– PAISAN in Italian-speaking communities: a person of Italian birth or descent, an Italian-American; a fellow-countryman; a ‘buddy’ …1940 US colloq.
– PAISANO in early use: a person of Italian descent or birth; esp. a rustic person, a villager; in later use: an Italian-American man; a mafioso …a1930 chiefly US
– PASTA-BREATH (derogatory) an Italian or Italian-American …1980s US sl.
– QUIRITIAN * a Roman citizen …1880
– RADDIE an Italian or Anglo-Italian living in London, orig. specifically in Clerkenwell …1938 sl.
– ROMAN CANDLE an Italian …1970s sl.
– ROME-RUNNER a person, esp. a cleric, constantly running off to Rome in search of spiritual and monetary profit …M14 colloq. 
– ROMULIST †* a descendant of Romulus; a Roman, a native of ancient Rome …1594 
– SALERNITAN a native or inhabitant of Salerno, an Italian maritime town near Naples; a physician of the Salernitan medical school which formerly flourished there …1608
– SNOW a derogatory description of an Italian or another Latin person …1910s Aust. sl.
– SPAG (derogatory) an Italian immigrant …1967 Aust. sl.
– SPAGGIE an Italian …1967 Aust. sl.
– SPAGHETTI (derogatory and offensive) an Italian…1915 sl.
– SPAGHETTI BENDER (derogatory) an Italian …1967 US sl.
– SPAGHETTI-EATER (derogatory) an Italian …1914 Aust. sl.
– SPAGHETTI-GUZZLER (derogatory) an Italian …1933 US sl.
– SPAGHETTI HEAD (derogatory) an Italian …1974 US sl.
– SPAGHETTI MUNCHER (derogatory) an Italian person …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– SPAGHETTI-TWISTER (derogatory) an Italian …1930 US sl.
– SPIG an Italian …1940s US sl.
– SPIGGOTY an Italian …1940s US sl.
– TALLIE, TALLY an Italian …c1847 Sc.
– TONY a nickname for an Italian or Mexican man …1907 Amer. dial.
– UMBRIAN an inhabitant or native of Umbria, a province of central Italy; a member of the Italic race anciently inhabiting this district …1601
– VENETIAN a native or inhabitant of medieval or modern Venice; more rarely, one of the ancient Veneti inhabiting the district of Venetia …1432
– WALLIO (often derogatory) an Italian male; often used as a form of address …1941 Amer. dial.
– WALLIYO (derogatory) an Italian …1941 Amer. dial.
– WALLY-O (often derogatory) an Italian male; often used as a form of address …1978 Amer. dial.
– WALYO (often derogatory) an Italian male; often used as a form of address …1941 Amer. dial.
– WOP (derogatory) an Italian or a person of Italian extraction …L19 Amer. sl.
– ZIP an Italian …2002 US sl.
– ZOOL (derogatory) an Italian, esp. an Old World Italian …20C US criminals’ sl.
Italy – phrases 
– ALWAYS LATE IN TAKE OFF, ALWAYS LATE IN ARRIVAL Italian Airlines, Alitalia …2002 sl.
– CAME OVER WITH AN ICE-CREAM BARROW said of Italians …20C Brit. sl.
 
ITCH – nouns
– EKE the itch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– FAIRFLE † a skin eruption; a state of itch …1825 Sc.
– LITTLE TITCH an itch …20C rhyming sl.
– SCART a scratch; a scratching; the itch …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCOTCH FIDDLE the itch …1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– SCRAT the itch …1854 Eng. dial.
– SCRATCH the itch …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– YECK the itch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YEEKE the itch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YEKTH † itching, itch …c897
– YEUK the itch; itchiness …1773 Sc.
– YEWK the itch; itchiness …1773 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YEWKIENESS itchiness; itching …1891 Sc.
– YOOK the itch; itchiness …1773 Sc.
itch – verbs
– BE IN A FAIRFLE to have an eruption of the skin, to itch …Bk1900 Sc.
– EKE to itch …1703 Eng. dial.
– SCRAT to itch …1897 Eng. dial.
– YECK to itch …1703 Eng. dial.
– YEEKE to itch …1703 Eng. dial.
– YEUK to itch …1677 Sc.
– YEWK to itch …1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– YOUK to itch …1677 Sc.
– YUCK to itch …1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
ITCHING – adjectives
– GALE covered in scabs, itching, suffering from scabies, eczema, or some other skin disease …20C W. Indies sl.
– REEFY scabby, itching …1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TITILLATING itching, tingling; craving, hankering …1858
– YEWKY itching …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
itching – nouns
– CRAB ON THE ROCKS an itching (possibly from lice) on the scrotum …19C Brit.
– INSLEEP an itching …1892 Ireland
– SEVEN-YEAR ITCH any skin condition that causes chronic itching; an itch supposed to last for seven years …1854 Amer. dial.
– TETTER any kind of skin disease or itching caused by eczema, ringworm, poison ivy, etc. …1737 Amer. dial.
– TITILLATION a sensation of being tickled; a tingling, an itching …1621
 
ITCHY – adjectives
– FAUCHIE itchy …1950 Sc.
– HOUSEY HOUSEY itchy …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘lousy’
– TICKY irritable; itchy; affected by ticks or lice …1857 Eng. dial.
 
ITINERANT – adjectives
– ITINERATE † itinerant, travelling …a1628
itinerant – person 
– BINDLE MAN a tramp; an itinerant worker …1900 Amer. dial.
– BINDLE STIFF a tramp; an itinerant worker …1900 Amer. dial.
– BLANKET MAN a tramp; an itinerant worker …1872 Amer. dial.
– BLANKET STIFF a tramp; an itinerant worker …1872 Amer. dial.
– BOOMER an itinerant worker …1925 Amer. dial.
– BUNDLE BUM an iterant worker …1927 Amer. dial.
– BUNDLE STIFF an iterant worker …1939 Amer. dial.
– CAMPER a gypsy, an itinerant tinker, etc. …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– FAKER an itinerant artisan, mechanic, or tradesman; hence, a peddler, street vendor, pitchman, or travelling showman …1859 sl.
– FAKIR an itinerant artisan, mechanic, or tradesman; hence, a peddler, street vendor, pitchman, or travelling showman …1893 sl.
– FARAND-MAN † a traveller, a stranger; an itinerant merchant ….a1400 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– INSPECTOR an itinerant worker or hobo …1942 Amer. dial.
– JIPPO an itinerant worker or piece-worker; contract work, a sub-contractor…1920s US sl.
– MOVABLE † a changeable person; a person given to moving from place to place, an itinerant …1621-2
– MUSHER an itinerant fakir …1900s US sl.
– STROLLER a vagabond, itinerant, man of no settled abode; a gypsy, beggar, peddler, hawker, etc. …c1696 sl.
– URNABOUT an itinerant, a vagabond, a tramp …1884 Eng. dial. 
 
IVORY – adjectives
– EBURNEAN made of or resembling ivory …1656
– EBURNEOID showing a resemblance to ivory …1847-9
– EBURNIAN made of or resembling ivory …1866
– EBURNINE * ivory-like, ivory-coloured …1822
– IVORIED † made of ivory …a1300
– IVORINE † consisting or made of ivory …a1382
ivory – nouns 
– ELEPHANT † ivory; a horn or trumpet of ivory …c1300
– ELEPHANT’S TEETH ivory …1398
– TOREUMATOGRAPHY * description of the toreutic art (the art of working in metal or ivory), or of works done in it …1727
– TOREUTICS the art, esp. the ancient art, of working in metal or ivory, including embossing, work in relief, etc. …1847
ivory – person
– IVORIST a professional worker or carver in ivory …1888
– TOREUTES a worker in toreutics; an artist in metal or ivory …1840
 
IVORY COAST – adjectives
– IVORIAN pert. to the Ivory Coast …1966
Ivory Coast – person
– IVORIAN a native or inhabitant of the Ivory Coast …1973
 
IVY – nouns
– HAYMAIDS ground-ivy …1640
– JACK-OVER-THE-GROUND ground ivy …1892 Amer. dial.
– CAT PAW PLANT ground ivy …1977 Amer. dial.
– CAT’S FOOT ground ivy …1876 Amer. dial.
– CAT’S-PAW ground ivy …1876 Amer. dial.
– CATTAIL ground ivy …1959 Amer. dial.
– IVORY ivy …1770 Amer. dial.
– LIZZIE-RUN-IN-THE HEDGE ground ivy …1940 Amer. dial.
– THRUMS twisted ivy stems …1863 Eng. dial.
– TOD a bushy mass of ivy …1553
– TRAILING CHARLEY ground ivy …1940 Amer. dial.