The word "ire" as transitive verb

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banj0

#543339 Sat, 19 Jul 08 02:33 AM

hello all,

I'm hoping this nice community can help a group of friends involved in a word game. Thanks in advance for any assistance, it is much appreciated!

At Merriam-Webster's site the noun 'ire' is also listed as a transitive verb. In order to continue the game, a friend of mine posted the word "ired" and linked to MW's site for anyone challenging. Since none of us had ever read/heard that use of the word 'ire' some disagreement has set in among our group.

What do you folks think? Is "ired" an acceptable 4-letter english word?

Again, thanks very much.

-b

banj0

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RayH

#543344 Sat, 19 Jul 08 02:51 AM

banj0

What do you folks think? Is "ired" an acceptable 4-letter english word?

Welcome to the forums.

No, I've never heard this "word."

RayH

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khoff

#543411 Sat, 19 Jul 08 05:38 AM

It's listed in "The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary" (which, I just noticed, does not have an apostrophe at the end of "Players." Grr.) Of course, that source lists lots of words that some people (including my husband) might not consider "real" words. But I think if whatever dictionary you accept as your game standard lists "ire" as a verb then you should accpt "ired." Just don't try using it in conversation. ("My friend was really ired when we challenged his word." Stick out tongue )

(If you haven't agreed on a single dictionary or dictionary-website to resolve disputes, you should probably do that. You're welcome to ask here, but, as you've already found out, the answers you get here won't always agree with each other!)

Welcome to the Forum!

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banj0

#543421 Sat, 19 Jul 08 07:33 AM

Thanks very much for the replies.

Ray---me neither. And neither have most of us in the group.

khoff---thanks for looking it up in the OSPD. (<---a new acronym for me, lol.) Since it's just a forum game (4 letter words, change one letter to create a new one) we decided on wiki and dictionary.com as "official" sources. I should've included the Scrabble Dictionary; it's my fault, as the OP, that it wasn't included as a source. At the same time, we're all friends in the game and the OSPD will be used from here on out.

We've all decided that, regardless of inclusion in MW and the OSPD, we are going to go with a majority opinion on this forum. AFAIK, none of us are active members here (yet) but we hold this board in high esteem.

Thanks again for any and all input here. It is much appreciated. Have a great weekend all!

banj0

khoff

#543576 Sat, 19 Jul 08 04:40 PM

banjO, thanks for the kind words about the forum. I'll watch for your future posts.

P.S. For the record, I've never actually heard or read "ired" in use either. But that's true of a lot of words in the OSPD -- when was the last time you said "miseat" ("to eat improperly") or "outdrop" ("to surpass in dropping")? Or described something round as "orby"?

khoff