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
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
