different between splenic vs splenetic

English

Alternative forms

• splenike (17th century), splenick (17th – 18th centuries)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (spl?nikós, “of the spleen”)

Adjective

splenic (comparative more splenic, superlative most splenic)

1. Of, related to, or located near the spleen.
   • 1619: Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrim: Microcosmus, Or the Historie of Man

     The Liuer by the splenike branch, transferreth them to the Serjeant of the scullery the Splene.

Synonyms

• lienal, lienic

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• pencils

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.