spleen

spleen is a Noun

Definition:

[1] A peculiar glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function in not known.

[2] Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one`s spleen. In noble minds some dregs remain, Not yet purged off, of spleen and sour disdain. Pope.

[3] A fit of anger; choler. Shak.

[4] A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.] A thousand spleens bear her a thousand ways. Shak.

[5] Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections. Bodies changed to various forms by spleen. Pope. There is a luxury in self-dispraise: And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. Wordsworth.

[6] A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.] Thy silly thought enforces my spleen. Shak.