different between splenetic vs vapourish

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)

1. Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:angry, Thesaurus:irritable
2. (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.

Derived terms

• splenetically (adv)
• splenetical

Related terms

• lienal
• spleenful
• spleeny
• splenic
• splenitive

Translations

Noun

splenetic (plural splenetics)

1. (archaic) A person affected with spleen.

English

Alternative forms

• vaporish

Etymology

vapour +? -ish

Adjective

vapourish (comparative more vapourish, superlative most vapourish)

1. Characteristic of vapour.
2. (dated) hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish