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    splenetic

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sple·net·ic /spləˈnetɪk/ adjective formal  BAD-TEMPEREDbad-tempered and often angry 脾气坏的，易怒的
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    splenetic• The crude and splenetic expression and presentation of such views suggested irrational pathological prejudice rather than a coherent ideology.• Dennis Jarrett replies: A somewhat splenetic reaction, Mr Francis, to be sure.    Origin splenetic (1500-1600) Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen; → SPLEEN
    sple·net·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
    often angry and bad-tempered Corpus


    splenetic
    sple‧net‧ic /spləˈnetɪk, splɪˈnetɪk/ adjective formal
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Late Latin
     Origin: spleneticus, from Latin splen; ⇨ spleen
    bad-tempered and often angry


    splen·et·icBrE /spləˈnetɪk/ 🔊NAmE /spləˈnetɪk/ 🔊 adjective (formal) often bad-tempered and angry 脾气坏的；常发怒的