Both Uses of
irascible
in
Gone with the Wind
- Uncle Henry was a short, pot-bellied, irascible old gentleman with a pink face, a shock of long silver hair and an utter lack of patience with feminine timidities and vaporings.†
Chpt 2.8irascible = easily angered
- He was almost barefoot, crawling with lice, and he was hungry, but his irascible spirit was unimpaired.†
Chpt 3.19 *