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spleenful

adj
/ˈspliːnfəl/

Etymology

From spleen + -ful.

  1. derived from σπλήν — “the spleen”
  2. derived from splēn — “milt”
  3. derived from esplein
  4. derived from espleen
  5. inherited from splene
  6. suffixed as spleenful — “spleen + ful”

Definitions

  1. Full of spleen

    Full of spleen; spiteful.

    • His fluency was as remarkable as ever, and at first as spleenful; by-and-by his outrageous mood gave way, and, in response to some of Rainham's adroit thrusts, he condescended to stand on his defence.
    • Miss MARY JERROLD was just the perfect BARRIE mother (of Mary Rose). Mr. ARTHUR WHITBY'S parson, Mr. NORMAN FORBES' squire, Miss JEAN CADELL'S housekeeper, left no chinks in their armour for a critic's spleenful arrow.

  2. A quantity of invective.

    • On a sleepless odyssey through the capital's nightspots, cafes, office blocks and bedroom floors, Johnny (something between a slice of John Lydon, and a dose of Mark E. Smith) vents a spleenful of bile on whomever he encounters.

  3. More than one can take.

    • But suddenly, inexplicably, I've had a spleenful of it, and I'm going for the kid.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA