Definitions | melancholy |
| noun (melancholies)
- (obsolete) Great sadness or depression; gloom.
- (dated) black bile
Translations: - Dutch: melancholie
- French: mélancolie
- German: Melancholie , Schwermut
- Italian: malinconia
- Spanish: melancolía
adjective
- Affected with great sadness or depression.
Translations: - Dutch: melancholisch
- French: mélancolique
- German: melancholisch, schwermí¼tig
- Spanish: melancólico , melancólica
Etymology: From Ancient Greek (melancholia) " atrabiliousness", from - (melas, melan-) "black, dark, murky" + (chole) "bile".
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