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splenitive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsplɛnɪtɪv/

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) splenetic
    • 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:
    • For though I am not splenitive and rash, Yet have I in me something dangerous c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

Forms

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more splenitive Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most splenitive Degree=Sup lexicographic