spleeny
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of spleeny
Example Sentences
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No lean and hungry Cassius was Actor Martin Gabel, but a hunched, spleeny agitator, surrounded by grim adherents in modern mufti, slouch hats pluck'd about their ears.
From Time Magazine Archive
Webster's hero-villain is a spleeny young opportunist named Flamineo.
From Time Magazine Archive
I suppose being shut up in the house with my sprained ankle makes me spleeny.
From Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield by Goss, John
Being in a spleeny and uncomfortable mood to-day, what resource so legitimate as to betake myself to my own family?
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
This is the spleeny vein, and I indulge it to make you laugh, but really, my journey was as comfortable as heat and speed would allow.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
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