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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to the spleen;
[syn: splenic, splenetic, lienal]

2. very irritable;
- Example: "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"
- Example: "he became prickly and spiteful"
- Example: "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
[syn: bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Splenetic \Splen"e*tic\, a. [L. spleneticus: cf. F.
   spl['e]n['e]tique. See Spleen.]
   Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
   "Splenetic guffaw." --G. Eliot.
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         You humor me when I am sick;
         Why not when I am splenetic?             --Pope.
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   Syn: Morese; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Splenetic \Splen"e*tic\, n.
   A person affected with spleen.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

splenetic
    adj 1: of or relating to the spleen [syn: splenic,
           splenetic, lienal]
    2: very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House
       and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and
       waspish about his colleagues" [syn: bristly, prickly,
       splenetic, waspish]