I was looking at an apartment building with my aunt last weekend. I walked into the bedroom of a vacant unit and saw a vocabulary flash card taped to the wall. The word it contained was splenetic.
sple·net·ic [spli-net-ik]
-adjective Also, sple·net·i·cal.
1. of the spleen; splenic.
2. irritable; peevish; spiteful.
3. Obsolete . affected with,
characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy.
noun
4. a splenetic person.
Related forms
sple·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·sple·net·ic, adjective
un·sple·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
Splenetic: John Boehner comes across as a splenetic individual to me.
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How funny that it was taped to the wall of an apartment! Was it the only one? It's a new word for me so maybe someone was studying for a vocabulary test.
ReplyDeleteIt was the only one which made me think it was more personal. New word for me as well.
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