Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture.
Strype.
Ir*rev"er*ent (?), a. [L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F. irrévérent. See
In- not, and Reverent.] Not reverent; showing a want of reverence;
expressive of a want of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an
irreverent jest.
Ir*rev"er*ent*ly, adv. In an irreverent manner.
Ir`re*vers`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being
irreversible; irreversibleness.
Ir`re*vers"i*ble (?), a. 1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about
or back; incapable of being made to run backward; as, an irreversible
engine.
2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an
irreversible sentence or decree.
This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is
it final and irreversible.
Jortin.
Syn. -- Irrevocable; irrepealable; unchangeable.
Ir`re*vers"i*ble*ness (?), n. The state or quality of being
irreversible.
Ir`re*vers"i*bly, adv. In an irreversible manner.
Ir*rev`o*ca*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. irrévocabilité.] The state or
quality of being irrevocable; irrevocableness.
Ir*rev"o*ca*ble (?), a. [L. irrevocabilis: cf. F. irrévocable. See In-
not, and Revoke, and cf. Irrevocable.] Incapable of being recalled or
revoked; unchangeable; irreversible; unalterable; as, an irrevocable
promise or decree; irrevocable fate.
Firm and irrevocable is my doom.
Shak.
-- Ir*rev"o*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rev"o*ca*bly, adv.