different between spleeny vs splenetic
spleeny
English
Etymology
spleen +? -y
Adjective
spleeny (comparative more spleeny, superlative most spleeny)
- full of spleen; melancholy
Anagrams
- Penleys
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splenetic
English
Alternative forms
- splenetick (obsolete)
Etymology
The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /spl??n?t?k/
- Rhymes: -?t?k
Adjective
splenetic (comparative more splenetic, superlative most splenetic)
- Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:angry, Thesaurus:irritable
- (biology) Related to the spleen.
- 1879, Sir Samuel White Baker, Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879
- I have already described the general protuberance of the abdomen among the children throughout the Messaria and the Carpas districts, all of whom are more or less affected by splenetic diseases.
- 1879, Sir Samuel White Baker, Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879
Derived terms
- splenetically (adv)
- splenetical
Related terms
- lienal
- spleenful
- spleeny
- splenic
- splenitive
Translations
Noun
splenetic (plural splenetics)
- (archaic) A person affected with spleen.
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