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antisplenetic

antisplenetic adjective: good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.

Adjective

antisplenetic (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.
  2. (historical, literary) Acting against ill humor, associated with the spleen.
    • His intentions were apparently as antisplenetic as Sterne's, though his book turned out to be more genial than mirthful, and therefore decidedly less efficacious in fighting the spleen.1975, Susan G. Auty, The comic spirit of eighteenth-century novels, page 32
    • So you're Spleen. I heard all about the antisplenetic antics of your brother. I lost a brother once — that's what got me my lifetime's worth of probation.2002, Rick Harsch, The sleep of Aborigines, page 45

Origin of antisplenetic

From anti- + splenetic.

Questions about antisplenetic

What does antisplenetic mean?
Antisplenetic means good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.
What part of speech is antisplenetic?
Antisplenetic is an adjective.

Words near antisplenetic in the dictionary

  1. antispirochetic
  2. antisplash
  3. antisplasher
  4. antisplashers
  5. antispleen
  6. antisplenetic
  7. antisplinter
  8. antisplitting
  9. antispoilage
  10. antispoof
  11. antispoofing

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