/ spləˈnetɪk; NAmE / adjective
( formal ) often bad-tempered and angry
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a person with a diseased spleen): from late Latin spleneticus , from Greek splēn .
/ spləˈnetɪk; NAmE / adjective
( formal ) often bad-tempered and angry
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a person with a diseased spleen): from late Latin spleneticus , from Greek splēn .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005