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Meaning of SPLENETIC

Pronunciation:  spli'netik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
 
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 Synonyms: bristly, ill-natured, prickly, waspish
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Splen"e*tic\, a. [L. spleneticus: cf. F.
spl['e]n['e]tique. See {Spleen}.]
Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
``Splenetic guffaw.'' --G. Eliot.
      You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am
      splenetic?                               --Pope.
Syn: Morese; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.

  2. \Splen"e*tic\, n.
A person affected with spleen.
 
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