spleen

Definitions

1. 1.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. Pope.
2. 2.A fit of anger; choler. Shak.
3. 3.A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.] A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways. Shak.
4. 4.Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. Bodies changed to various forms by spleen. Pope. There is a luxury in self-dispraise: And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. Wordsworth.
5. 5.A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.] Thy silly thought enforces my spleen. Shak.
6. 6.To dislke. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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. Pope called?
• What is a sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.] A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways. Shak called?
• What is a fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.] Thy silly thought enforces my spleen. Shak called?