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spleneticsple‧net‧ic /spləˈnetɪk/ adjective formal spleneticOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen; ➔ SPLEEN - Dennis Jarrett replies: A somewhat splenetic reaction, Mr Francis, to be sure.
- The crude and splenetic expression and presentation of such views suggested irrational pathological prejudice rather than a coherent ideology.
bad-tempered and often angry |