spleen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spleen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for spleen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spleen n a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses Synonym(s): spleen, lien a feeling of resentful anger Synonym(s): irascibility, short temper, spleen, quick temper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spleen \Spleen\, v. t. To dislke. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spleen \Spleen\, n. [L. splen, Gr. [?][?][?][?] the milt or spleen, affection of the spleen; cf. L. lien, plihan, pl[c6]han.] 1. (Anat.) A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known. 2. Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen. In noble minds some dregs remain, Not yet purged off, of spleen and sour disdain. --Pope. 3. A fit of anger; choler. --Shak. 4. A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.] A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways. --Shak. 5. Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. Bodies changed to various forms by spleen. --Pope. There is a luxury in self-dispraise: And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. --Wordsworth. 6. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.] Thy silly thought enforces my spleen. --Shak.