melancholiac
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of melancholiac
First recorded in 1860–65; melancholi(a) + -ac
Example Sentences
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In short, she gave them the impression that Alfred was a moping melancholiac.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
A man subjected long to that soul-cramping stress, with no outlet or abatement, would have become a melancholiac.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
I would here observe that the figure of the maniac is superior to that of the melancholiac, whose expression is rather that of dementia than melancholia.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack
I daresay I am—but I do object to being made out a hopeless melancholiac!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 29, 1891 by Various
Even an inspector with a naked eye would no longer have distinguished him at first sight from a lunatic of the unhappiest class, the melancholiac.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
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