11 May 2013

splenetic

[spli-net-ik]

adjective Also, sple·net·i·cal.
1. of the spleen; splenic.
2. irritable; peevish; spiteful.
3. Obsolete . affected with, characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy.
noun
4. a splenetic person.
Origin:
1535–45; < Late Latin splēnēticus. See splen-, -etic

Related forms
sple·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·sple·net·ic, adjective
un·sple·net·i·cal·ly, adverb

Synonyms
2. vexatious, irascible, testy, fretful, touchy, petulant, choleric.

Today’s aphorism

‘If you kick a stone in anger, you’ll hurt your own foot’.

– Korean proverb.

On this day

11 May 1904 – birth of Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist painter. Died 23 January 1989.

11 May 1981 – death of Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae singer and musician. Born 6 February 1945.

11 May 1985 – death of Chester Gould, American creator of the cartoon strip, ‘Dick Tracy’. He drew the comic strip from 1931 to 1977. Born 20 November 1900.