I-rāte', a.

a. [Lat. iratus, angry, from irasci, to be angry.] Angry; incensed; enraged.

Monsieur Rigaud sometimes half stopped, as if he were going to put his case in a new light, or make some irate remonstrance. Dickens.

Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens.

A recent word, as yet little used by good writers.