Thursday, November 1, 2018

Splenetic

I heard another unfamiliar word on the radio last week, splenetic. Dyspeptic, melancholy, I could be the poster boy.

sple·net·ic
/spləˈnedik/
adjective
  1. 1.
    bad-tempered; spiteful.

    "a splenetic outburst"
    synonyms:bad-tempered, ill-tempered, angry, cross, peevish, petulant, pettish, irritable, irascible, choleric, dyspeptic, testy, tetchy, snappish, waspish, crotchety, crabby, querulous, resentful, rancorous, bilious; More
  2. 2.
    archaic term for splenic.



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1 comment:

  1. island guyNovember 1, 2018 at 5:35 PM

    Could be worse:

    bil·ious
    /ˈbilyəs/Submit
    adjective
    1.
    affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting.
    "I had eaten something that didn't agree with me and I was a little bilious"
    synonyms: nauseous, sick, queasy, nauseated, green around the gills; rarequalmish
    "I felt bilious"
    2.
    spiteful; bad-tempered.
    "outbursts of bilious misogyny"

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