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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions splenetic adjective  bad-tempered, spiteful, habitually angry 1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras :A sect, whose chief devotion lies / In odd perverse antipathies; / ... / More peevish, cross, and splenetick, / Than dog distract, or monkey sick. 1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda :In fact, Gwendolen, not intending it, but intending the contrary, had offended her hostess, who, though not a or vindictive woman, had her susceptibilities. (biology) relating to the spleen 1879, Sir Samuel White Baker, Cyprus, as I Saw it in 1879 :I have already described the general protuberance of the abdomen among the children throughout the Messaria and the Carpas districts, all of whom are more or less affected by diseases. Etymology: The adjective form of spleen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.      Full Definition of splenetic  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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