different between splenetic vs irascible
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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irascible
English
Etymology
From French irascible, from Late Latin ?r?scibilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???æs.?.b?l/, /???æs.?.b?l/
- Rhymes: -?b?l
Adjective
irascible (comparative more irascible, superlative most irascible)
- Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
- 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16:
- . . . the surly and irascible passions which, like belligerent powers, lie encamped around the heart.
- 1863, Louisa May Alcott, Hospital Sketches, ch. 1:
- I am naturally irascible, and if I could have shaken this negative gentleman vigorously, the relief would have been immense.
- 1921, William Butler Yeats, Four Years, ch. 10:
- . . . a never idle man of great physical strength and extremely irascible—did he not fling a badly baked plum pudding through the window upon Xmas Day?
- 2004 Feb. 29, Daniel Kadlec, "Why He's Meanspan," Time:
- Alan Greenspan was on an irascible roll last week, first dissing everyone who holds a fixed-rate mortgage — suckers! — and later picking on folks who collect Social Security: Get back to work, Grandma.
- 1809, Washington Irving, Knickerbocker's History of New York, ch. 16:
Synonyms
- cantankerous, choleric, cranky, ill-tempered, hot-tempered
Related terms
Translations
References
- irascible at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?r?scibilis, from ?r?scor (“grow angry”), from ?ra (“anger”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.?a.sibl/
Adjective
irascible (plural irascibles)
- irascible
Related terms
- ire
Further reading
- “irascible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ciblerais
Spanish
Adjective
irascible (plural irascibles)
- irascible
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