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splenish

splenish is the obsolete form of spleenish.

Meaning of spleenish

Adjective

spleenish (comparative more spleenish, superlative most spleenish)

  1. (archaic) Affected with spleen; fretful.
    • But here yourselves you must engage
      Somewhat to cool your spleenish rage,1831, Joseph Ritson, Fairy Tales, Now First Collected (poem), Tale 8
    Synonyms:
    spleeny

Forms of splenish

comparativemore splenish
superlativemost splenish

Questions about splenish

What is splenish the obsolete form of?
Splenish is the obsolete form of spleenish.

Words near splenish in the dictionary

  1. splenical
  2. splenick
  3. splenii
  4. splenike
  5. splenisation
  6. splenish
  7. splenites
  8. splenitic
  9. splenitis
  10. splenitive
  11. splenium

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