Melancholy Definition
mĕlən-kŏlē
melancholies
noun
melancholies
Black bile: in medieval times considered to be one of the four humors of the body, to come from the spleen or kidneys, and to cause gloominess, irritability, or depression.
Webster's New World
Pensive reflection or contemplation.
American Heritage Medicine
Sadness and depression of spirits.
Webster's New World
The condition of having, or the disorder supposed to result from having, too much black bile.
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A tendency to be sad, gloomy, or depressed.
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adjective
Sad and depressed; gloomy.
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Causing sadness, gloom, or depression.
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Lamentable; deplorable.
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Sadly or soberly musing; pensive.
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Having the disorder of melancholy.
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Other Word Forms of Melancholy
Noun
Singular:
melancholy
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melancholiesOrigin of Melancholy
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Middle English melancolie from Old French from Late Latin melancholia from Greek melankholiā melās melan- black kholē bile ghel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melancholia, “atrabiliousness"), from μέλας (melas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky") + χολή (chole, “bile"). Compare the Latin ātra bÄ«lis (“black bile").
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