Chapter Splashy to Split of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Splendidous
(Splen"did*ous) a. Splendid. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Splendiferous
(Splen*dif"er*ous) a. Splendor- bearing; splendid. Bale "A splendiferous woman." Haliburton. [Now used humorously.]

Splendor
(Splen"dor) n.[L. fr. splendere to shine: cf. F. splendeur.]

1. Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson.

2. Magnifience; pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the like. "Rejoice in splendor of mine own." Shak.

3. Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.

Syn. — Luster; brilliancy; magnifience; gorgeousness; display; showiness; pomp; parade; grandeur.

Splendrous
(Splen"drous Splen"dor*ous) , a. Splendid. Drayton.

Splenetic
(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.

Splenetic
(Splen"e*tic), n. A person affected with spleen.

Splenetical
(Sple*net"ic*al) a. Splenetic.

Splenetically
(Sple*net"ic*al*ly), adv. In a splenetical manner.

Splenial
(Sple"ni*al) a. [L. splenium a plaster, a patch, Gr. a bandage.] (Anat.) (a) Designating the splenial bone. (b) Of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.

Splenial bone (Anat.), a thin splintlike bone on the inner side of the proximal portion of the mandible of many vertebrates.

Splenial
(Sple"ni*al), n. (Anat.) The splenial bone.

Splenic
(Splen"ic) a. [L. splenicus, Gr. cf. F. splénique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.

Splenic apoplexyor fever. (Med.) See Anthrax, n., 3.

Splenical
(Splen"ic*al) a. Splenic.

Splenish
(Splen"ish), a. Spleenish. [Obs.] Drayton.

Splenitis
(||Sple*ni"tis) n.[NL., fr. Gr. of the spleen.] (Med.) Inflammation of the spleen.

Splenitive
(Splen"i*tive) a. Splenetic. Shak.

Even and smooth as seemed the temperament of the nonchalant, languid Virginian — not splenitive or rash.

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Splenium
(||Sple"ni*um) n.[L., a plaster, a patch, from Gr. a bandage, compress.] (Anat.) The thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; — so called in allusion to its shape.