Spleen
(Spleen), v. t. To dislke. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
Spleened
(Spleened) a.
1. Deprived of the spleen.
2. Angered; annoyed. [Obs.] R. North.
Spleenful
(Spleen"ful) a. Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy.
Myself have calmed their spleenful mutiny.
Shak.
Then rode Geraint, a little spleenful yet,
Across the bridge that spann'd the dry ravine.
Tennyson. Spleenish
(Spleen"ish), a. Spleeny; affected with spleen; fretful. — Spleen"ish*ly, adv. — Spleen"ish*ness,
n.
Spleenless
(Spleen"less), a. Having no spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild. [Obs.] Chapman.
Spleenwort
(Spleen"wort`) n. [Spleen + wort; cf. L. splenium, asplenium, Gr. . ] (Bot.) Any fern
of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies for disorders of the
spleen.
Spleeny
(Spleen"y) a.
1. Irritable; peevish; fretful.
Spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to
Our cause.
Shak. 2. Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
Spleget
(Spleg"et) n. [Cf. Pledget.] (Med.) A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore. Crabb.
Splenalgia
(||Sple*nal"gi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. spleen + pain.] (Med.) Pain over the region of the spleen.
Splenculus
(||Splen"cu*lus) n.; pl. Splenculi [NL., dim. of L. splen.] (Anat.) A lienculus.
Splendent
(Splen"dent) a. [L. splendens, -entis, p. pr. of splendere to shine.]
1. Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note
under 3d Luster, 4.
2. Very conspicuous; illustrious. "Great and splendent fortunes." Sir H. Wotton.
Splendid
(Splen"did) a. [L. splendidus, fr. splendere shine; cf. Lith. splendëti: cf. F. splendide.]
1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
3. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation.
Splendidious
(Splen*did"i*ous) a. Splendid. [Obs.]
Splendidly
(Splen"did*ly) adv. In a splendid manner; magnificently.
Splendidness
(Splen"did*ness), n. The quality of being splendid.
