MELANCHOLIC

melancholy, melancholic

(adjective) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; “growing more melancholy every hour”; “her melancholic smile”; “we acquainted him with the melancholy truth”

melancholic, melancholiac

(noun) someone subject to melancholia

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

melancholic (comparative more melancholic, superlative most melancholic)

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

Noun

melancholic (plural melancholics)

A person who is habitually melancholy.

Source: Wiktionary


Mel"an*chol`ic, a. Etym: [L. melancholicus, Gr. mélancholique.]

Definition: Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior.

Mel"an*chol`ic, n. [Obs.]

1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. J. Spenser.

2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. Clarendon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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