Morpheme
Spleen
Type
free base
Denotation
ductless vascular gland of the lymphatic system
Etymology
Middle English splene, splen; Anglo-Norman espleen; Old French esplein, esplen; Latin splēn; Ancient Greek splḗn
Evidence
spleen, spleened, spleenful, spleening, spleenless, spleenlike, spleens, spleenwort, spleeny
Notes
associated with melancholy in humorism
