Abirritated

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Describes something that has become less sensitive or less easily irritated
2. Characterized by a reduction in natural irritation or sensitivity
3. Refers to being soothed or having decreased responsiveness to irritation

Etymology: "Abirritate" is a word built from two parts: the prefix "ab-", meaning "away" or "from," and "irritate," which comes from Latin "irritare," meaning to provoke or excite. Put together, the word describes a state of being moved away from irritation, or made less responsive to a stimulus. The "ab-" prefix is an old Latin element, inherited from a root meaning "away from," and it appears in many English words such as "abstain" and "absent." Attaching it to "irritate" produced a term that reverses the sense of provocation, so that where "irritate" means to stir up or inflame, "abirritate" means to calm or dull that response. "Abirritated" is the past form of this verb, used here as an adjective describing something that has been soothed or has lost its sensitivity to irritation.