spleen
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1. spleen - Noun
2. spleen - Verb
Meaning
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.
Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.
A fit of anger; choler.
A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
To dislke.
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I missed him so much that I had physical sensations of loss, all over my body. Like one minute I was missing an arm, the next my spleen. It was making me feel sick, like throwing up.
In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, Thou'rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee, There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
My lawyers will fricassee your testicles for breakfast. And if you dare board my plane without a warrant, your spleen will follow.
Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside - to have a big hear and an open mind and a spectacular spleen.
Even a fly has its spleen.
When the spleen increases, the body diminishes.