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
melancholic (comparative more melancholic, superlative most melancholic)
Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
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
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
