splenetic.
Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
Meaning & usage
Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
Related to the spleen.
Where this word comes from
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.
A person affected with spleen.
Where this word comes from
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.
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