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sple·net·ic

(splĭ-nĕt′ĭk) also sple·net·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the spleen.

2. Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability.

A person regarded as irritable.

[Late Latin splēnēticus, from Latin splēn, spleen; see spleen.]

sple·net′i·cal·ly adv.

(splɪˈnɛtɪk) or

adj

1. (Anatomy) of or relating to the spleen

2. spiteful or irritable; peevish

3. (Medicine) obsolete full of melancholy

a spiteful or irritable person

[C16: from Late Latin splēnēticus, from Latin splēn spleen]

spleˈnetically adv

(splɪˈnɛt ɪk)

adj. Also, sple•net′i•cal.

1. of the spleen; splenic.

2. irritable; peevish; spiteful.

3. Obs. affected with or tending to produce melancholy.

4. a splenetic person.

[1535–45; < Late Latin splēnēticus. See splen-, -etic]

sple•net′i•cal•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	splenetic - of or relating to the spleen lienal, splenic
	2.	splenetic - very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" bristly, prickly, waspish ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

adjective (Literary) irritable, cross, bad-tempered, acid, sour, crabbed, sullen, touchy, petulant, spiteful, bitchy (informal), churlish, morose, irascible, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), fretful, rancorous, peevish, crabby, choleric, envenomed retired military men with splenetic opinions

Translations

[splɪˈnetɪk] ADJ

1. (Anat) → esplénico

2. (frm) (= short-tempered) → enojadizo, de genio vivo; (= bad-tempered) → malhumorado

adj

(Anat) → Milz-; splenetic cell → Milzzelle f

(liter: = peevish) → unwirsch; his splenetic outbursts → seine Galligkeit