splenetic

Meanings

Adjective

Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry.
Related to the spleen.

Noun

A person affected with spleen.

Origin

The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.

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