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spleen |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spleen \Spleen\, v. t. To dislke. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spleen \Spleen\, n. [L. splen, Gr ???? the milt or spleen, affection of the spleen; cf L. lien, plihan pl[=i]han.] 1. (Anat.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known 2. Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as to vent one's spleen. In noble minds some dregs remain, Not yet purged off of spleen and sour disdain. --Pope. 3. A fit of anger; choler. --Shak. 4. A sudden motion or action a fit a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.] A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways. --Shak. 5. Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. Bodies changed to various forms by spleen. --Pope. There is a luxury in self-dispraise: And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. --Wordsworth. 6. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.] Thy silly thought enforces my spleen. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spleen n 1: a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses [syn: {lien}] 2: a feeling of resentful anger [syn: {irascibility}, {short temper}, {quick temper}]
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