spleenn.[L. splen, Gr. the milt or spleen, affection of the spleen; cf. L. lien, plihan, plhan.]1. (Anat.) 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.()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.()Thy silly thought enforces my spleen. (Shak.)v. t. To dislke.(Bp. Hacket.)