splenetic

Questions about splenetic

What does splenetic mean?

splenetic means "of or relating to the spleen". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in splenetic?

splenetic has 3 syllables: sple-ne-tic. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for splenetic?

Close synonyms include splenic, lienal, bristly, prickly, waspish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is splenetic a common word?

splenetic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.