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† ˈsplenitive, a. Obs. rare.
[Cf. splenative a., -etive a.]
Splenetic.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iii. xix. note, Hence Stratonicus merrily said, that in Crete dead men walked, because they were so splenitive, and pale-coloured. 1815Monthly Mag. XXXVIII. 111 He was however too splenitive, austere, impatient,..to reach the abacus of excellence in the science of lexicography. |