See Also: dismemberment(medicine)
dismemberment(dictionary)

ire (oh) and dismemberment (medicine)


ire (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin ira]
anger
raise/arouse/draw sb's ire
(=make someone angry)
::The proposal has drawn the ire of local residents.

dismemberment (medicine)


dismemberment


The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; mtilation; division; separation. "The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head." (Macaulay)

Origin: Cf. OF. Desmembrement, F. Demembrement.

Source: Websters Dictionary