SPLEENS

Noun

spleens

plural of spleen

Anagrams

• penless, pensels

Source: Wiktionary

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SPLEEN

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

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