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gallbladder
English
Etymology
gall +? bladder
Noun
gallbladder (plural gallbladders)
- Alternative spelling of gall bladder
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spleen
English
Etymology
From Middle English splene, splen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman espleen and Old French esplein, esplen, from Latin spl?n (“milt”), from Ancient Greek ????? (spl?n, “the spleen”). Doublet of lien. Partially displaced the native English term milt.
Pronunciation
- enPR: spl?n, IPA(key): /spli?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Noun
spleen (countable and uncountable, plural spleens)
- (anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
- (archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
- (obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
- Brief as the lightning in the collied night; That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and Earth
- (obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- There is a luxury in self-dispraise: / And inward self-disparagement affords / To meditative spleen a grateful feast.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
Synonyms
- milt (now chiefly of animals); lien (uncommon)
Derived terms
Related terms
- splenomegaly
Descendants
- ? French: spleen
- ? German: Spleen
Translations
Verb
spleen (third-person singular simple present spleens, present participle spleening, simple past and past participle spleened)
- (obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hacket to this entry?)
Anagrams
- pensel, plenes
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English spleen in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /splin/
Noun
spleen m (plural spleens)
- bad mood, melancholy
Synonyms
- bourdon, cafard, dépression, ennui, hypocondrie, langueur, neurasthénie
Further reading
- “spleen” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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