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splenitive

/ˈsplɛnɪtɪv/

splenitive adjective: splenetic.

Adjective

splenitive (comparative more splenitive, superlative most splenitive)

  1. (obsolete) splenetic
    • For though I am not splenitive and rash,
      Yet have I in me something dangerousc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • Even and smooth as seemed the temperament of the nonchalant, languid Virginian — not splenitive or rash[…]1892, Thomas Nelson Page, The Old South: Essays Social and Political

Forms of splenitive

comparativemore splenitive
superlativemost splenitive

Questions about splenitive

What does splenitive mean?
Splenitive means splenetic.
What part of speech is splenitive?
Splenitive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce splenitive?
Splenitive is pronounced /ˈsplɛnɪtɪv/.

Words near splenitive in the dictionary

  1. splenisation
  2. splenish
  3. splenites
  4. splenitic
  5. splenitis
  6. splenitive
  7. splenium
  8. spleniums
  9. splenius
  10. splenization
  11. splenizations

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