Spleen n. [L. splen , Gr. the milt or spleen, affection of the spleen; cf. L. lien , plihan , plīhan .]
A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known. (Anat.)
Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen .
In noble minds some dregs remain,
Not yet purged off, of spleen and sour disdain.
A fit of anger; choler.
A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.]
A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways.
Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
Bodies changed to various forms by spleen .
There is a luxury in self-dispraise:
And inward self-disparagement affords
To meditative spleen a grateful feast.
A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs. ]
Thy silly thought enforces my spleen .
Spleen v. t.
To dislke. [Obs. ]