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"word": "vent one's spleen"
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"2": "esplín",
"bor": "1"
},
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"text": "→ Spanish: esplín"
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"In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes."
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"(anatomy, immunology) In vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes."
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"ref": "1843, “A Voice from Trinidad”, in Colonial Magazine and Commercial-maritime Journal, page 465",
"text": "Too many, however, who might take an honourable stand, fear the petty spleen of the plantocracy; preferring the most disgusting adulation, to the blessing of him ready to perish.",
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"ref": "1929, Owen Lattimore, “The Black Gobi”, in The Desert Road To Turkestan, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 227",
"text": "The name I like best, however, I heard uttered by the Eldest Son of the House of Chou, who in a moment of spleen referred to his colleague of the House of Liang as hsiao chu-tan, the Little Pig’s Egg.",
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"A bad mood; spitefulness."
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"(archaic, except in the set phrase \"to vent one's spleen\") A bad mood; spitefulness."
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"roman": "lošo nastroenie",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "лошо настроение"
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"word": "កំហឹង"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"(obsolete) Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections."
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"roman": "dalák",
"sense": "organ",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "slézka",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "сле́зка"
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
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"sense": "organ",
"word": "သရက်ရွက်"
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"lang": "Chichewa",
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"word": "kapamba"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾臟"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "pei⁴ zong⁶",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾脏"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾臟"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pízàng",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾脏"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "sula",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "сула"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
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"code": "dta",
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"sense": "organ",
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"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "hun̊koṣi",
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"word": "ހުންކޮށި"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "nnšm",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "M22-M22-Sm-m-F51"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "šečej",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "шечей"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lieno"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "põrn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "īlən",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ӣлэн"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "dəlkin",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "дэлкин"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "milti"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "milt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "perna"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bazo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paxarela"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "elenta",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ელენთა"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Milz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "splin",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σπλην"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "splína",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σπλήνα"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "splḗn",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σπλήν"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hts",
"lang": "Hadza",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "puche"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tkhol",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "טחול"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tillī",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तिल्ली"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "plīhā",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "प्लीहा"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pilaī",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "पिलई"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tihāl",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "तिहाल"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lép"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mils"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "milta"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "spleno"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "limpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kura"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liathán"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milza"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "splene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "ひぞう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hizō",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾臓"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "jra",
"lang": "Jarai",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "la"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"roman": "limpa",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "delün",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "делүн"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lape"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kök bauyr",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "көк бауыр"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑɑkɑndok",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "កណ្ដុក"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phaal",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ផាល"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jira",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "지라"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "spill",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "سپڵ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sipil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kök boor",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "көк боор"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mām",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ມ້າມ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liēn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "panǯala",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ფანწალა"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "blužnis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mëlz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slezina",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "слезина"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "limpa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "pelih"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kura"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "plīha",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "പ്ലീഹ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "delihun",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ᡩᡝᠯᡳᡥᡠᠨ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ahlea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kōateate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "mahara"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "plīhā",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "प्लीहा"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "milte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"roman": "spul",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭫𐭩"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"roman": "spurz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭫𐭰"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mhn",
"lang": "Mòcheno",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "schmilz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "delüü",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "дэлүү"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "atélí"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ykg",
"lang": "Northern Yukaghir",
"roman": "ļukuļaaje",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "льукульаайэ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "milt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "milt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mèlsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "farsylævzag",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "фарсылӕвзаг"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dalak",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "طالاق"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tahal",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "طحال"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "süpürz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "سپرز"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pag",
"lang": "Pangasinan",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "pali"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tahâl",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "طحال"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esporz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "اسپرز"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "seporz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "سپرز"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esbol",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "اسبل"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Miltz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "śledziona"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baço"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "k'ayrapin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "splină"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "selezjónka",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "селезёнка"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "слезѝна"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "слезѐна"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "slezìna"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "slezèna"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meusa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slezina"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vranica"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "telüün",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "телӱӱн"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "kök buur",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "кӧк буур"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bazo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kawaya"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
],
"word": "wengu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mjälte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "pali"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ispurč",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "испурч"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "sipurz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "сипурз"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inarfeḍ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "talaq",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "талак"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "plīhamu",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ప్లీహము"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "máam",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ม้าม"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "dalak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "dalak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṭḥl",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "𐎉𐎈𐎍"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "selezínka",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "селезі́нка"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "tilī",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تللی"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "tal",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "تال"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "taloq"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lách"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lá lách"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "splen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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},
{
"code": "bua",
"lang": "Buryat",
"roman": "deljuun",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "дэлюун"
},
{
"code": "cpg",
"lang": "Cappadocian Greek",
"roman": "peïsáchi",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "πεϊσάχι"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "melsa"
},
{
"code": "mel",
"lang": "Central Melanau",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "atai besi"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kapamba"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾臟"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "pei⁴ zong⁶",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾脏"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾臟"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pízàng",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾脏"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "sula",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "сула"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "felgh"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slezina"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "milt"
},
{
"code": "dta",
"lang": "Daur",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "delukin"
},
{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "hun̊koṣi",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ހުންކޮށި"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "milt"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "nnšm",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "M22-M22-Sm-m-F51"
},
{
"code": "myv",
"lang": "Erzya",
"roman": "šečej",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "шечей"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lieno"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "põrn"
},
{
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "īlən",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ӣлэн"
},
{
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "dəlkin",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "дэлкин"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "milti"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "milt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "perna"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rate"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bazo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paxarela"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "elenta",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ელენთა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Milz"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "splin",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σπλην"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "splína",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σπλήνα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "splḗn",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σπλήν"
},
{
"code": "hts",
"lang": "Hadza",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "puche"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tkhol",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "טחול"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tillī",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तिल्ली"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "plīhā",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "प्लीहा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pilaī",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "पिलई"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "tihāl",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "तिहाल"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lép"
},
{
"code": "hrx",
"lang": "Hunsrik",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mils"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "milta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "spleno"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "limpa"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kura"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liathán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "splene"
},
{
"alt": "ひぞう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hizō",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "脾臓"
},
{
"code": "jra",
"lang": "Jarai",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "la"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"roman": "limpa",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ"
},
{
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "delün",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "делүн"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lape"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kök bauyr",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "көк бауыр"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑɑkɑndok",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "កណ្ដុក"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phaal",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ផាល"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jira",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "지라"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "spill",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "سپڵ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sipil"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kök boor",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "көк боор"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "mām",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ມ້າມ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "liēn"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liesa"
},
{
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "panǯala",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ფანწალა"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "blužnis"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mëlz"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slezina",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "слезина"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "limpa"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "pelih"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kura"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "plīha",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "പ്ലീഹ"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milsa"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "delihun",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ᡩᡝᠯᡳᡥᡠᠨ"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ahlea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kōateate"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "mahara"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "plīhā",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "प्लीहा"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "milte"
},
{
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"roman": "spul",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭫𐭩"
},
{
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"roman": "spurz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "𐭮𐭯𐭥𐭫𐭰"
},
{
"code": "mhn",
"lang": "Mòcheno",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "schmilz"
},
{
"code": "mhn",
"lang": "Mòcheno",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "schmilz"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "delüü",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "дэлүү"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "atélí"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rate"
},
{
"code": "ykg",
"lang": "Northern Yukaghir",
"roman": "ļukuļaaje",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "льукульаайэ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "milt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "milt"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mèlsa"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milte"
},
{
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "farsylævzag",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "фарсылӕвзаг"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dalak",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "طالاق"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "tahal",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "طحال"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "süpürz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "سپرز"
},
{
"code": "pag",
"lang": "Pangasinan",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "pali"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tahâl",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "طحال"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esporz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "اسپرز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "seporz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "سپرز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "esbol",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "اسبل"
},
{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "milsa"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Miltz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "śledziona"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baço"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "k'ayrapin"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "splină"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "selezjónka",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "селезёнка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "слезѝна"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "слезѐна"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "slezìna"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "slezèna"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meusa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slezina"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vranica"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "telüün",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "телӱӱн"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "kök buur",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "кӧк буур"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bazo"
},
{
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kawaya"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"class-5",
"class-6"
],
"word": "wengu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mjälte"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "pali"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ispurč",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "испурч"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "sipurz",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "сипурз"
},
{
"code": "rif",
"lang": "Tarifit",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inarfeḍ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "talaq",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "талак"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "plīhamu",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ప్లీహము"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "máam",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "ม้าม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "dalak"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "dalak"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ṭḥl",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "𐎉𐎈𐎍"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "selezínka",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "селезі́нка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "tilī",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تللی"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "tal",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "تال"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "taloq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lách"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "lá lách"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "splen"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dueg"
},
{
"code": "bdr",
"lang": "West Coast Bajau",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "kura'"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "taal",
"sense": "organ",
"word": "таал"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "milts",
"sense": "organ",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מילץ"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "mërzi"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "shpretkë"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "lošo nastroenie",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "лошо настроение"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "splín"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "sappi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spleen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Groll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Trübsinn"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "rosszkedv"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "levertség"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "méla undor"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "harag"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "splino"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kɑmhəng",
"sense": "mood",
"word": "កំហឹង"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mood",
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"word": "splin"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "esplim"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xandrá",
"sense": "mood",
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"feminine"
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"word": "хандра́"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "unýnije",
"sense": "mood",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "уны́ние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "splin"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mrzovolja"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sumornost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mood",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esplín"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sum",
"sense": "mood",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "сум"
}
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"Spleen (disambiguation)"
],
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}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English splene, splen, from Anglo-Norman espleen and Old French esplein, esplen, from Latin splēn (“milt”), from Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “the spleen”). Doublet of lien. Partially displaced the native English term milt.",
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"ref": "1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata",
"text": "T. Wentworth ſpleen'd the Bishop",
"type": "quotation"
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"To dislike."
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"(obsolete, transitive) To dislike."
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"ref": "1832, The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Volume 111, page 488",
"text": "There had been a good deal of provocation, we have no doubt, before the republican simplicity, at which Mrs Trollope seems to have been so justly offended, was spleened into speaking of the old woman.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2013, Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated",
"text": "If you want to know why I am always spleening her, it is because I am always elsewhere with friends, and disseminating so much currency, and performing so many things that can spleen a mother.",
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"ref": "1883, Frank Abial Flower, Life of Matthew Hale Carpenter, page 292",
"text": "It was satisfactory to a majority of the bolters, but most of the democrats spleened against him.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1904, Philip Loring Spooner, Abram Daniel Smith, Wisconsin Reports, page xliv",
"text": "He never counseled litigation for the sake of litigation, and no client ever complained of his loyalty, He hated sham and pretense, and openly spleened at the empty mouthing oracle of the street corner, the society, or the church.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1964, Christine Gay, Pegasus, page 39",
"text": "O Captain, my Captain, I shan't migrain that fight —A teritable Dunga Minh art thou, A phantom of loneflight; And though I've swaggered you and spleened you, By the living bilge that gleaned you — You're a better man than I am, Dunga Minh!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021, John Ritter, Fatal Conceit",
"text": "When he phoned the old man in Idaho, Herman Zaunbrecher spleened “no dothead fucking quack's gonna treat my boy like a lab rat” and ordered the surgeon to put Randall on the next flight to Boise.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"(transitive, intransitive) To complain; to rail; to vent one's spleen."
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"ref": "1667, Famianus Strada, The History of the Low-Countrey Warres, page 75",
"text": "Nor did they only take Townes, kill such as made resistance, and rob houses, with the Licentiousnesse and Avarice of Souldiers, but with barbarous Inhumanity spared no age nor modesty; tyrannizing over the Rest and Monuments of the dead, which they spleened as much as the Living;",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1866, John Jones Thomas, Britannia Antiquissima, page 79",
"text": "I grant a good deal to Grecian pride of prose, and Roman fund of poesy, when spleened and gored to shame, defeat, and loss of prestige, on the battle-field by mere \"barbaric\" ( ? ) troops of Cimbric Hyperborean Celts.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1892, George Atherton Aitken, George A. Aitken, John Arbuthnot, The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D, page 328",
"text": "\"That is true,\" quoth Albertu, “but pray consider on the other side that animals spleened grow extremely salacious, an experiment well known in dogs.\"",
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{
"ref": "1996, William Everson, Clif Ross, William Everson: The Light the Shadow Casts, page 105",
"text": "That will be how we lose what we have gained, The incremental rapture at the core, Spleened of the belly's thick placental wrath, And the seed's roar.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006, Chris Eann, Lord Buddha: Book of Omens, page 45",
"text": "Picking up where I left off...broken down, knowing they'd pick through my bones like vultures for what marrow they hadn't already spleened from me.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019, V. A. February, Mind Your Colour",
"text": "There is even a subtle reference to sexuality in the poem, but it is formulated in such a manner that it is spleened of all vulgarity.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To excise or remove."
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