Splenetic \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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