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Spleeny
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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| spleen (spliːn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a spongy highly vascular organ situated near the stomach in man. It forms lymphocytes, produces antibodies, aids in destroying worn-out red blood cells, and filters bacteria and foreign particles from the bloodRelated: lienal, splenetic, splenic |
| 2. | the corresponding organ in other animals |
| 3. | spitefulness or ill humour; peevishness: to vent one's spleen |
| 4. | archaic the organ in the human body considered to be the seat of the emotions |
| 5. | archaic another word for melancholy |
| 6. | obsolete whim; mood |
| Related: lienal, splenetic, splenic | |
| [C13: from Old French esplen, from Latin splēn, from Greek; related to Latin lien spleen] | |
| 'spleenish | |
| —adj | |
| 'spleeny | |
| —adj | |
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