Definitions
An organ near the stomach that filters blood and supports the immune system.
Word origin
From Middle English splene, splen, from Anglo-Norman espleen and Old French esplein, esplen, from Latin splēn (“milt”), from Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “the spleen”). Doublet of lien. Partially displaced the native English term milt.
Used in a sentence
“In noble minds some dregs remain, / Not yet purged off, of spleen and sour disdain.”
“Too many, however, who might take an honourable stand, fear the petty spleen of the plantocracy; preferring the most disgusting adulation, to the blessing of him ready to perish.”
“The name I like best, however, I heard uttered by the Eldest Son of the House of Chou, who in a moment of spleen referred to his colleague of the House of Liang as hsiao chu-tan, the Little Pig’s Egg.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Organ near the stomach”6 letters
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