spleno

Derived from Latin splēn, from Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “milt”), deriving from the earlier belief that the spleen was the seat of bad temper. Doublet of lieno.

• IPA^(key): [ˈspleno]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: sple‧no

spleno (accusative singular splenon, plural splenoj, accusative plural splenojn)

1. listlessness, boredom

   Antonym: entuziasmo

   Coordinate terms: deprimo, nigra, melankolio

• enuo

Borrowed from English spleen and based on French splénique, Italian splenico, Spanish esplénico, German Splenektomie, Russian спленэктоми́я (splenɛktomíja) and other such words. Decision no. 1329, Progreso VII.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspleno/
• Rhymes: -eno

spleno (plural spleni)

1. (anatomy) spleen

• splino

• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 664
• Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 35
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 131