splenetic
Meaning
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- Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
- Related to the spleen.
Synonyms
illtempered
splenish
captious
Translations
aksi
malhumorado
unwirsch
spléniquePronounced as (IPA)
/spləˈnɛtɪk/
Etymology
The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.
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