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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

spleneticus

: cf. F.

splénétique

. See

Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.

“Splenetic guffaw.”

G. Eliot.

You humor me when I am sick;
Why not when I am

splenetic

Pope.

Syn. – Morese; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.

Noun.

A person affected with spleen.

Adj.

[L.] Affected with spleen; peevish; fretful.

You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic.

Noun.

A person affected with spleen.