spleened

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spleened

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From spleen + -ed.

adjective more spleened · most spleened

obsolete Deprived of the spleen. Assollant, having observed that spleened animals never died of hemmorrhage, and that ligatures applied to the divided splenic vessels constantly caused abscesses in the omentum, and death, adopted a peculiar mode of extirpation, which consisted in exposing the organ by a sufficient incision, cutting
angry; annoyed. I was annoyed by this insinuation— my boyish pride took fire at once; and although I knew this proposition to be the result of the present splenetic mood, yet feeling a little spleened myself, I determined to see him through on his own terms, and merely said, "Very well, sir—as you choose."
Having splines or ridges. Combining, with the plain and spleened shaft and the cutters, the screw-threaded sleeves, for the purpose of adjusting said cutters, substantially as described.

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participle, past simple past and past participle of spleen

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@misc{spleened_2026,
  title = {spleened},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spleened},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}