a. [f. L. exasperāt- ppl. stem of exasperāre (see EXASPERATE v.) + -IVE.] Of a nature to exasperate or irritate; exasperating.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. VII. iv. Maternity … meets there with hunger-stricken Maternity, sympathetic, exasperative.
a. [f. L. exasperāt- ppl. stem of exasperāre (see EXASPERATE v.) + -IVE.] Of a nature to exasperate or irritate; exasperating.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. VII. iv. Maternity … meets there with hunger-stricken Maternity, sympathetic, exasperative.
