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spleen

n. மண்ணீரல், உளச்சோர்வு, ஊக்கமின்மை, துயர்மனம், சினம், வெறுப்பு, பகைமை.


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Spleen, n. Etym: [L. splen, Gr. lien, plihan, plihan.] 1. (Anat.) Defn: 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. 2. 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. 3. A fit of anger; choler. Shak. 4. A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.] A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways. Shak. 5. 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. 6. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.] Thy silly thought enforces my spleen. Shak. Spleen, v. t. Defn: To dislke. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.


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