different between venomous vs splenetic
venomous
English
Etymology
From Middle English venemous, venymous, from Anglo-Norman venimus, from venin. Cf. Latin ven?n?sus. Equivalent to venom +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?n?m?s/
Adjective
venomous (comparative more venomous, superlative most venomous)
- Full of venom.
- Toxic; poisonous.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- More venemous and much more virulent
Then any poy?oned tode, or any ?erpent.
- More venemous and much more virulent
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- Noxious; evil.
- Malignant; spiteful; hateful.
- Producing venom (a toxin usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging) in glands or accumulating venom from food.
- powerful
Usage notes
See poisonous#Usage notes.
Synonyms
- noxious
- poisonous
- toxic
Antonyms
- non-venomous
Translations
References
- “venomous” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- venomous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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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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