spleeny

[ splee-nee ]

adjective

, spleen·i·er, spleen·i·est.

1. abundant in or displaying spleen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of spleeny¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; spleen + -y ¹

Example Sentences

I suppose being shut up in the house with my sprained ankle makes me spleeny.

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The man who thinks he is dying may be spleeny, but the man who says he is spleeny is, of the two, the one more likely to be dying.

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He is a spleeny, querulous, joyless fellow, of thin blood and aching liver.

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Being in a spleeny and uncomfortable mood to-day, what resource so legitimate as to betake myself to my own family?

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"I've an idea I'm spleeny," he replied with a ghastly attempt at a smile.

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