MELANCHOLIA

melancholia

(noun) extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

melancholia (countable and uncountable, plural melancholias)

Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.

Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness

(pathology) Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy.

Source: Wiktionary


Mel`an*cho"li*a, n. Etym: [L. See Melancholy.] (Med.)

Definition: A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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