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splenetic

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sple⋅net⋅ic

  [spli-net-ik]
–adjective Also, sple⋅net⋅i⋅cal.
1. of the spleen; splenic.
2. irritable; peevish; spiteful.
3. Obsolete. affected with, characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy.
–noun
4. a splenetic person.
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Origin:
1535–45; < LL splēnēticus. See splen-, -etic

Related forms:
sple⋅net⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. vexatious, irascible, testy, fretful, touchy, petulant, choleric.
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sple·net·ic   (splĭ-nět'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the spleen.

  2. Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability.

n.  A person regarded as irritable.

[Late Latin splēnēticus, from Latin splēn, spleen; see spleen.]
sple·net'i·cal·ly adv.
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