spleeny (spleni)

[ fretful; ill-tempered; irritable; fiery; impetuous. The heart and harbour'd thoughts of ill make traitors, Not spleeny speeches. Fletcher, Val ent in i an, ii. 3. (b) Melancholy, or subject to fits of melancholy; affected with nervous complaints. splegett, n. [Appar. an erroneous form of pledget.] A wet cloth for washing a sore. Imp . Dict .