Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antisplenetic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-sple-net-ic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.

Archaic

adj

Acting against ill humor, associated with the spleen.

Literary

Example Sentences

"His intentions were apparently as antisplenetic as Sterne's, though his book turned out to be more genial than mirthful, and therefore decidedly less efficacious in fighting the spleen."
"So you're Spleen. I heard all about the antisplenetic antics of your brother. I lost a brother once — that's what got me my lifetime's worth of probation."
"As David Woolley has shown, Swift engineered an advertisement for the Tub, in the Morning Post, as an antisplenetic volume."

Etymology

From anti- + splenetic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Usage

Phrases

black bile

Frequently Paired Words

spleen black bile melancholy

Questions

What does antisplenetic mean?: Good as a remedy against disease of the spleen.
Where does antisplenetic come from?: From anti- + splenetic.

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