bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish
(adjective) very irritable; “bristly exchanges between the White House and the press”; “he became prickly and spiteful”; “witty and waspish about his colleagues”
splenic, splenetic, lienal
(adjective) of or relating to the spleen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
splenetic (comparative more splenetic, superlative most splenetic)
Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
(biology) Related to the spleen.
splenetic (plural splenetics)
(archaic) A person affected with spleen.
Source: Wiktionary
Splen"e*tic, a. Etym: [L. spleneticus: cf. F. splénétique. See Spleen.]
Definition: 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.
Splen"e*tic, n.
Definition: A person affected with spleen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 January 2025
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.