Etymology

splenetic

sple·net·ic
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Today it means: Bad-tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, habitually angry. Full definition →

Late Latin spleneticus ← Latin splen
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  1. Latin · derived fromsplen
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromspleneticus
  3. English todaysplenetic

The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.

Words from the same roots

Latinsplen all →

spleensplenativesplenculus

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