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Peevish
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splenetic
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry 2 (context biology English) relating to the spleen n. (context archaic English) A person affected with spleen.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Splenetic \Splen"e*tic\, n. A person affected with spleen.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Dennis Jarrett replies: A somewhat splenetic reaction, Mr Francis, to be sure. ▪ The crude and splenetic expression and presentation of such views suggested irrational pathological prejudice rather than a coherent ideology. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to the spleen [syn: splenic , lienal ] 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 , waspish ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, "pertaining to the spleen," from Late Latin spleneticus , from splen (see spleen ). Meaning "irritably morose" is from 1590s. Alternative splenic (1610s) is from French splénique (16c.).\n\n Gloomy , Sullen , Sulky , Morose , Splenetic . These words ...
Usage examples of splenetic.
Marcoline was depressed, I as gloomy as a splenetic Englishman, and between us we made the feast more like a funeral than a meeting of friends.
The king's splenetic shufflings to find a champion to fight his Welsh war in his stead, his gift to various cousins of the house of Gwynedd of cantrefs he did not possess, and promises of yet other cantrefs if they could win them, while the Welsh laughed at his promises and threats alike, all these spiteful and ludicrous expedients by which he sought to buy off destiny passed by the builders like withered leaves blown in the wind.