melancholiac

American  

[mel-uhn-koh-lee-ak] / ˌmɛl ənˈkoʊ liˌæk /

adjective

1. affected with melancholia.

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noun

1. a person who is affected with melancholia.

Etymology

Origin of melancholiac

First recorded in 1860–65; melancholi(a) + -ac

Example Sentences

But, Carley, you are not a sentimentalist, or a melancholiac.

From The Call of the Canyon by Grey, Zane

In short, she gave them the impression that Alfred was a moping melancholiac.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

He remembered one of those men in the islands who had become a melancholiac.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

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 dare say I am—but I do object to being made out a hopeless melancholiac!

From The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes by Anstey, F.