英语词汇“spleenish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

spleen /splēn/

noun

A soft, pulpy, ovoid organ close to the stomach, that produces lymphocytes in the newborn and contains phagocytes which remove worn-out blood cells and other waste matter from the bloodstream, and once thought the seat of anger and melancholy

Hence various meanings (mostly Shakespeare and obsolete) such as spite, boredom, ill-humour, melancholy, mirth, caprice, impulse, high spirit

ORIGIN: L splēn, from Gr splēn

spleenˈful adjective

spleenˈish adjective

spleenˈless adjective

spleenˈy adjective (Shakespeare)

splēˈnative adjective (obsolete)

Hot-tempered

splenecˈtomy /splin-/ noun

(Gr ek out, and tomē a cutting) surgical excision of the spleen

splenetic /splin-etˈik (formerly splēnˈi-tik/) adjective

Of the spleen
Affected with spleen
Bad-tempered, irritable or irritated, peevish
Melancholy

noun

A splenetic person

splenetˈical adjective

splenetˈically adverb

splenic /splēˈnik or splenˈ/ adjective

Of the spleen

splenīˈtis /splin-/ noun

Inflammation of the spleen

splēnīzāˈtion or splēnīsāˈtion noun

Conversion (eg of the lung) into a spongy, spleenlike substance

splēnomegˈaly noun

(Gr megas, megalē, mega big) enlargement of the spleen

spleenˈstone noun (obsolete)

Jade

spleenˈwort noun

Any fern of the genus Asplenium

splenic fever noun

Anthrax