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splenetic

[spli-net-ik] / splɪˈnɛt ɪk /




















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It’s a look — for starters — at a splenetic young writer who, during a stay in the country, waits for his publisher to weigh in on his unfortunately titled second novel “Club Sandwich.”

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

But dragging a 16-year-old into this splenetic, self-serving bar brawl makes a dangerous new level of provocation that should not go unchallenged.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2019

His older brother was into heavy-metal music, and Drnaso began to join him at concerts and record stores, developing a love for splenetic bands like Acid Bath and Agoraphobic Nosebleed.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019

The wild-eyed expressions and tone of his voice were full of vicious, splenetic wrath.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2018

I. The splenetic or melancholic partakes of the properties of the earth, being cold, dark, and hungry for the light.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson




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