splendor, splendour

[Fr. splendeur, from Lat. splendorem, acc us. of splendor, from splendeo =to shine; Sp. & Port. esplendore; Ital. splendore.] I. Ordinary Language: *1. Great brightne or brilliancy; brilliant luster. "We may admire The blaze and splendor , but not handle fire." Ben Jonson: Lady Anne Pawlet . IMG:content-0061.png:[blocks in formation] splě-nět-ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. splenetical ; -ly .] In a splenetic, peevish, fretful, or morose manner; peevishly, fretfully. *splěn'-ě-tive, a . [SPLENITIVE.] splēn'-Ic, *splēn'-Ick, *splèn-ic-al, adj . [Fr splénique , from Lat. splenic us , from splen = the spleen (q. v.).] Belonging or pertaining to the spleen. "The splenic vein has divers cells opening into it near its extremities in humane bodies."- Ray : Creation , pt. ii. splenic-apoplexy, s . Animal Pathol .: A form of braxy (q. v.). splenic-fever, 8. Animal Pathology: 1. A contagious and malignant disease of the blood, most common in cattle, but communicable to all domestic animals and even to man [PUSTULE, 2]. Known also as Anthrax, Black-quarter, Black leg, Black-tongue, Bloody Murrain, and Quarter-ill. 2. A disease affecting herds of cattle in the low swampy lands of Southern Texas. It closely resembles the Rinderpest (q. v.) and is sometimes called the Spanish-fever. "The spleen is uniformly enlarged, the weight varying from two to ten pounds. It is of a purplish color and on cutting it the pulp oozes out, it being soft like currant jelly. From this condition of the spleen, which was found in nearly 5,000 cases, Prof. Gamgee calls the disease the splenic -fever."-Tellor: Diseases of Live Stock , p. 283. 3. A form of hog-cholera; known also as Anthrax, Charbon in swine, Malignant Anthrax, and White Bristle. splēn'-Ish, a. [SPLEENISH.) splě-ni-tis, s . [Fr. splénit is ; Gr. splen =the spleen; suff. -it is , denoting inflammation. Cf. Gr. splenitis of the spleen.] Pathol .: Inflammation of the spleen. splěn-1-tive, *splen-1-tive, a. [Eng. spleen; -itive.] Splenetic, pa ionate, irritable, hot, impetuous. "I am not splenitive and rash." Shakesp.: Hamlet , v. i splēn'-I-ŭs, s. [Gr. splēnion =a bandage. So named because, like a bandage, it binds down the parts lying under it.] Anat.: A muscle dividing above into two, the splenius coll i , attached to the cervical vertebræ, and splenius capitis , attached to the skull. It bends the neck backward. splēn-i-zā-tion, subst. [Gr. splēnizomai =to be splenetic; Eng. suff.- ation.]