01 n. A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the…
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A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.(Anat.)
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Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.“In noble minds some dregs remain, Not yet purged off, of spleen and sour disdain.” — Pope.
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A fit of anger; choler.
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A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.[Obs. or R.]“A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways.” — Shak.
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Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.“Bodies changed to various forms by spleen.” — Pope.“There is a luxury in self-dispraise: And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast.” — Wordsworth.
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A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment.[Obs.]“Thy silly thought enforces my spleen.” — Shak.