melancholiac
[ mel-uhn-koh-lee-ak ]
adjective
affected with melancholia.
noun
a person who is affected with melancholia.
Origin of melancholiac
1First recorded in 1860–65; melancholi(a) + -ac
Words Nearby melancholiac
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How to use melancholiac in a sentence
I dare say I am—but I do object to being made out a hopeless melancholiac!
The Travelling Companions | F. AnsteyShe was as used to loneliness as a hotel melancholiac; the people they had known had drifted away to far suburbs.
The Innocents | Sinclair LewisA man subjected long to that soul-cramping stress, with no outlet or abatement, would have become a melancholiac.
The Tempering | Charles Neville BuckHis attitude toward them is that of the paranoiac, vindictive, rather than that of the melancholiac, humiliated.
In short, she gave them the impression that Alfred was a moping melancholiac.
Hard Cash | Charles Reade
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