splenetic
sple·ne·tic
adjective
2.
very irritable
- “bristly exchanges between the White House and the press”
- “he became prickly and spiteful”
- “witty and waspish about his colleagues”
Origin
The adjective form of spleen, borrowed from Late Latin spleneticus, from Latin splen. Anger was traditionally believed to originate from the fluids of the spleen.
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