SPLEENFUL

Etymology 1

Adjective

spleenful (comparative more spleenful, superlative most spleenful)

Full of spleen; spiteful.

Etymology 2

Noun

spleenful

A quantity of invective.

More than one can take.

Source: Wiktionary


Spleen"ful, a.

Definition: Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy. Myself have calmed their spleenful mutiny. Shak. Then rode Geraint, a little spleenful yet, Across the bridge that spann'd the dry ravine. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 January 2025

OBSERVE

(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”


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