splenetic

== English == === Alternative forms === splenetick (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /spləˈnɛtɪk/ Hyphenation: sple‧net‧ic Rhymes: -ɛtɪk === Adjective === splenetic (comparative more splenetic, superlative most splenetic) Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:angry, Thesaurus:irritable (biology) Related 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 splenetic diseases. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lienal spleenful spleeny splenic splenitive ==== Translations ==== === Noun === splenetic (plural splenetics) (archaic) A person affected with spleen.