Syn. -- Anger; passion; rage; fury. See Anger.
Ire"ful (?), a. Full of ire; angry; wroth. "The ireful bastard
Orleans." Shak. -- Ire"ful*ly, adv.
Ire"ful*ness, n. Wrathfulness. Wyclif.
I"re*narch (?), n. [L. irenarcha, irenarches, Gr. &?;; &?; peace + &?;
to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer in the Greek empire having functions
corresponding to those of a justice of the peace. [Written also
eirenarch.]
{ I*ren"ic (?), I*ren"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;.] Fitted or designed to
promote peace; pacific; conciliatory; peaceful. Bp. Hall.
||I*ren"i*con (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?; peaceful, fr. &?; peace.] A
||proposition or device for securing peace, especially in the church.
||South.
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I*ren"ics (?), n. (Eccl.) That branch of Christian science which treats
of the methods of securing unity among Christians or harmony and union
among the churches; -- called also Irenical theology. Schaff- Herzog.
Ire"stone` (?), n. (Mining) Any very hard rock.
I"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the iris. "Irian nerves."
Dunglison.
I"ri*cism (?), n. Irishism. [R.] Jeffrey.
{ Ir`i*da"ceous (?), I*rid"e*ous (?), } a. [From NL. Iris, Iridis, the
Iris.] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of
endogenous plants (Iridaceæ), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia,
Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others.
I"ri*dal (?; 277), a. [L. iris, iridis, rainbow. See Iris.] Of or
pertaining to the iris or rainbow; prismatic; as, the iridal colors.
Whewell.
Ir`i*dec"to*my (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, iris + &?; cutting out; &?; out +
te`mnein to cut.] (Surg.) The act or process of cutting out a portion
of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
Ir`i*des"cence (?), n. [See Iridescent.] Exhibition of colors like
those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a
prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl.
Ir`i*des"cent (?; 277), a. [L. iris, iridis, the rainbow: cf. F.
iridescent.] Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of
changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.
I*rid"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.
I*rid"i*a`ted (?), a. Iridescent.
I*rid"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.
I*rid"ic, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to iridium; -- said specifically
of those compounds in which iridium has a relatively high valence.
I*rid"i*o*scope (?), n. [See Iris, and -scope.] A kind of
ophthalmoscope.
I*rid"i*ous (*rd"*s), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to iridium; --
applied specifically to compounds in which iridium has a low valence.
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I*rid"i*um (*rd"*m), n. [NL., fr. L. iris, iridis, the rainbow. So
called from the iridescence of some of its solutions. See Iris.]
(Chem.) A rare metallic element, of the same group as platinum, which
it much resembles, being silver-white, but harder, and brittle, and
indifferent to most corrosive agents. With the exception of osmium, it
is the heaviest substance known, its specific gravity being 22.4.
Symbol Ir. Atomic weight 192.5.
Iridium usually occurs as a native alloy with osmium (iridosmine or
osmiridium), which may occur alone or with platinum. Iridium, as an
alloy with platinum, is used in bushing the vents of heavy ordnance. It
is also used for the points of gold pens, and in a finely powdered
condition (iridium black), for painting porcelain black.
Ir"i*dize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iridized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Iridizing (?).]