splenetic

[ spli-net-ik ]

adjective

1. of the spleen; splenic.
2. irritable; peevish; spiteful.

   Synonyms: touchy, fretful, testy, irascible, vexatious, choleric, petulant

3. Obsolete. affected with, characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy.

noun

1. a splenetic person.

splenetic

/ splɪˈnɛtɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the spleen
2. spiteful or irritable; peevish
3. obsolete.
   full of melancholy

noun

1. a spiteful or irritable person

Derived Forms

• spleˈnetically, adverb

Other Words From

• sple·neti·cal·ly adverb
• unsple·netic adjective
• unsple·neti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of splenetic¹

From the Late Latin word splēnēticus, dating back to 1535–45. See splen-, -etic

Word History and Origins

Origin of splenetic¹

C16: from Late Latin splēnēticus, from Latin splēn spleen

Example Sentences

But Jack was at that day a reckless fellow, and he lived to be passionately sorry for his splenetic madness.

From Project Gutenberg

But here I am pouring out this one-sided splenetic humor upon you without having the least intended it when I sat down.

From Project Gutenberg

What a sickly womanhood grows up in a nervous, feeble, neuralgic, splenetic female body!

From Project Gutenberg

Appeals to justice were represented as the splenetic effusions of a man never to be satisfied.

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And the brothers laughed aloud in the splenetic bitterness of their three souls.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• annoyed
• bitter
• enraged
• exasperated
• furious
• heated
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• indignant
• irate
• irritable
• irritated
• mad
• offended
• outraged
• resentful
• sullen
• uptight