Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being spleenish.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word spleenishness.
Examples
-
Now anger is by nature at the farthest distance imaginable from complacency, and spleenishness from placidness, and animosity and turbulence from humanity and kindness.
-
Perchance, if he were not too far sunk in his spleenishness, he could lift words from Gabriel Harvey and confess, "I was never so splenetique when I was most dumpish but I could smile at a frise jest."
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.