splenetic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: splenetic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for splenetic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
splenetic adj of or relating to the spleen [syn: splenic, splenetic, lienal] very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" Synonym(s): bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Splenetic \Splen"e*tic\, n. A person affected with spleen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Splenetic \Splen"etic\, a. [L. spleneticus: cf. F. spl[82]n[82]tique. See {Spleen}.] Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful. [bd]Splenetic* guffaw.[b8] --G. Eliot. You humor me when I am sick; Why not when I am splenetic? --Pope. Syn: Morese; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.