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melancholy /ˈmɛlənkəli/
▶noun
- 1 deep and long-lasting sadness.
■ another term for melancholia (as a mental condition).
- 2 historical another term for black bile.
– derivatives
melancholic adjective,
melancholically adverb.
melancholic adjective,
melancholically adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. melancolie, via late L. from Gk melankholia, from melas, melan- ‘black’ + kholē ‘bile’, an excess of which was believed to cause depression.
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