† splenative, a. Obs.
Also 6 spleanatiue, 7 spleen-.
[ad. L. type *splēnatīvus (cf. prec.), or independently f. spleen n.]
1. Acting on the spleen.
| 1592 Nashe P. Penilesse 32 b, My two cunning Philosophers were driuen to..seeke out splenatiue simples, to purge their popular Patients of the Opinion of their old Traditions. |
2. Spleenful; of a hot or hasty temper.
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. To Rdr., Into some spleanatiue vaines of wantonnesse..haue I foolishlie relapsed. 1602 Shakes. Ham. v. i. 284 Though I am not Spleenatiue, and rash, Yet haue I something in me dangerous. 1630 Davenant Cruel Brother ii, Even so the mighty Nations of the Earth Change..Their Battailes fierce to Duells spleenatiue, Or witty quarrels of the Penne. 1660 tr. Wishart's Hist. Warrs Scot. xii. 104 The two spleenative Armies. |