Splen″e‐tic (?), a. [L. spleneticus: cf. F. splénétique. See Spleen.] Affected with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful. “Splenetic guffaw.” G. Eliot.
You humor me when I am sick;
Why not when I am splenetic? Pope.
Syn. — Morese; gloomy; sullen; peevish; fretful.