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—spleenfully, adv./spleen"feuhl/, adj.1. full of or displaying spleen.2. ill-humored; irritable or peevish; spiteful; splenetic.[1580-90; SPLEEN + -FUL]
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Spleenful — Spleen ful, a. Displaying, or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy. [1913 Webster] Myself have calmed their spleenful mutiny. Shak. [1913 Webster] Then rode Geraint, a little spleenful yet, Across the bridge that spann d the dry… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spleenful — index bilious, fractious, malevolent, malignant, perverse, petulant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
spleenful — [splēn′fəl] adj. full of spleen; irritable, peevish, spiteful, etc.: also spleenish or spleeny spleenfully adv … English World dictionary
spleenful — adjective Date: 1588 full of or affected with spleen ; splenetic … New Collegiate Dictionary
spleenful — adjective /ˈspliːnfəl/ Full of spleen; spiteful … Wiktionary
spleenful — spleen·ful … English syllables
spleenful — spleen•ful [[t]ˈsplin fəl[/t]] adj. ill humored • Etymology: 1580 spleen′ful•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
spleenful — /ˈsplinfəl/ (say spleenfuhl) adjective 1. full of or displaying spleen. 2. ill humoured; irritable or peevish; spiteful …
spleenful — ˈ ̷ ̷fəl adjective : full of, displaying, or affected with spleen : splenetic … Useful english dictionary
splenetic — [spli net′ik] adj. [LL spleneticus] 1. of the spleen; splenic 2. bad tempered, irritable, peevish, spiteful, etc.; spleenful 3. Obs. melancholy: Also splenetical n. a spleenful person SYN. IRRITABLE splenetically adv … English World dictionary
