splenetic

English

/spləˈnɛtɪk/

adj
Definitions
  • bad-Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
  • (biology) Related to the spleen.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spleneticus, splen.

Origin

Latin

splen

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