spleen, lien
(noun) 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
irascibility, short temper, spleen, quick temper
(noun) a feeling of resentful anger
Source: WordNet® 3.1
spleen (countable and uncountable, plural spleens)
(anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.
(archaic, except in the set phrase "to vent one's spleen") A bad mood; spitefulness.
(obsolete, rare) A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
(obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.
• milt (now chiefly of animals); lien (uncommon)
spleen (third-person singular simple present spleens, present participle spleening, simple past and past participle spleened)
(obsolete, transitive) To dislike.
• pensel, plenes
Source: Wiktionary
Spleen, n. Etym: [L. splen, Gr. lien, plihan, plihan.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: 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.
Spleen, v. t.
Definition: To dislke. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2024
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