spleen (anat.)
→
anger
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 8292 | liver | → | anger | Open |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | spleen | |
| meaning 1 | spleen (anat.) | a ruptured spleen |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | anger | He vented his spleen (= shouted in an angry way) on the assembled crowd. Comments: [uncountable] (literary) |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | Online: Oxford Advanced Learning Dictionary, https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hindi | |
| lexeme | bhaṛāsa (भड़ास) | |
| meaning 1 | spleen (anat.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | anger | |
| reference | McGregor 1993: 758 | |
| comment | ||