SPLEENY, adjective 1. Angry; peevish; fretful. A spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to our cause. 2. Melancholy; affected with nervous complaints.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
SPLEENY, adjective 1. Angry; peevish; fretful. A spleeny Lutheran, and not wholesome to our cause. 2. Melancholy; affected with nervous complaints.
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