SPLENETIC

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

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Etymology

Adjective

splenetic (comparative more splenetic, superlative most splenetic)

Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.

(biology) Related to the spleen.

Noun

splenetic (plural splenetics)

(archaic) A person affected with spleen.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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