spleen
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responsesSynonyms: lien
- a feeling of resentful angerSynonyms: irascibilityshort temperquick temper
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Spleen \Spleen\, v. t. To dislke. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster]
Spleen \Spleen\, n. [L. splen, Gr. ???? the milt or spleen, affection of the spleen; cf. L. lien, plihan, pl[imac]han.]
1.(Anat.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known. [1913 Webster]
2.Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen. [1913 Webster]
In noble minds some dregs remain, Not yet purged off, of spleen and sour disdain.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
3.A fit of anger; choler. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4.A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
5.Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. [1913 Webster]
Bodies changed to various forms by spleen.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
There is a luxury in self-dispraise: And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast.— Wordsworth.[1913 Webster]
6.A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Thy silly thought enforces my spleen.— Shak.[1913 Webster]