About The Word Splenetic
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Splenetic
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What's The Definition Of Splenetic?
[adj] very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Splenetic: bristly | ill-natured | prickly | waspish Related Terms | Find terms related to Splenetic: See Also | Splenetic In Webster's Dictionary \Splen"e*tic\, a. [L. spleneticus: cf. F.
spl['e]n['e]tique. See {Spleen}.]
Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
``Splenetic guffaw.'' --G. Eliot.
You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am
splenetic? --Pope.
Syn: Morese; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.
\Splen"e*tic\, n. A person affected with spleen. |
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