Word For The Day, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - splenetic

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary ^ | 02/22/2006 | The Janitor

[VRWCmember]

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

splenetic \splih-NET-ik\ adjective

marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite

Example sentence:

Phil's review of the book was written with a harsh, splenetic tone that did little to conceal his preexisting grudge against the author.

Did you know?
In early Western physiology, a person's physical qualities and mental disposition were believed to be determined by the proportion of four bodily humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. The last of these, associated with feelings of intense sadness, was believed to be secreted by the spleen. This now-discredited association explains how, in the mid-16th century, use of "splenetic" (deriving from the Late Latin "spleneticus" and the Latin "splen," meaning "spleen") came to mean "given to melancholy" as well as "of or relating to the spleen." In later years, the meaning of "splenetic" shifted to refer more to feelings of ill humor or malevolence, and eventually the "melancholy" sense fell out of use.

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
Review Thread Four: Word For the Day, Friday 7/25/03: Potation
Review Thread Five: Word For the Day, Monday 8/19/03: Stolid
Review Thread Six: Word for the Day, Tuesday 11/09/2004: Peripatetic (Post #125 may be my best anagram post ever)

Happy Birthday Cyber Liberty!!

Miss Slippy brought your cake this morning.

[Texan5]

Home from work-

Queen Hillary and X42 are
Both malevolent and pathetic
He deals with the Dixie mafia
While she waxes splenetic

His black book of mistresses
Has more pages than a best seller-
When it comes to Hillary playing around
She'd better do as he tells her

If she has a current paramour
He'd better be home by dark
And not go for a midnight stroll
Anywhere near Ft. Marcy park

[Texan5]

Happy Birthday!

[tioga]

-you are making the assumption that hillary plays with the opposite team.

[xsmommy]

i was out of town for an oral argument in a case, just got home an hour or so ago. didn't bother bringing the laptop bc i had enough to carry so i was sans internet access and just prepping. i am SORRY i missed cybe's party!

[Gabz]

You are forgive................most especially because yuo din't ping Rob't to your comment :)

[Robert A Cook PE]

That's OK.

I didn't notice anythong about oral arguements xsex gave (or got) while she was out of town.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Happy birthday Cyber!

(Hope she slips you a fun time....)

[Miss Behave]

I've been out of town too, Bobby. What do I get? ;-)

Thank you for your pings, which brought big smiles to my face.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Well, of course, you'd deserve a big, long-lasting oral discussion too! (Two lips tulips too much?)

But now, about this oral arguments bit..... Couldn't we just agree to have oral agreements for once? Or twice?

[Miss Behave]

I hear that people shake with oral agreements. ;-)

[Robert A Cook PE]

A tongue in cheek reply is implied......

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Welcome back buddy