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splenetic |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Splenetic \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Splenetic \Splen"e*tic\, n. A person affected with spleen. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: splenetic adj : very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" [syn: {bristly}, {prickly}, {waspish}]
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