melancholic
[ mel-uh n-kol-ik ]
/ ˌmɛl ənˈkɒl ɪk /
adjective
disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
of, relating to, or affected with melancholia.
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RELATED WORDS
melancholy, lugubrious, gloomy, wistful, blue, downcast, down, bad, low, weeping, at, moody, hurting, low-down, bleeding, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, desolate, despondent
Nearby words
- melampus,
- melan-,
- melancholia,
- melancholia attonita,
- melancholiac,
- melancholy,
- melanchthon,
- melanedema,
- melanesia,
- melanesian
Origin of melancholic
1350–1400; Middle English melancolik < Latin melancholicus < Greek melancholikós. See melancholy, -ic
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melancholic
/ (ˌmɛlənˈkɒlɪk) /
adjective
relating to or suffering from melancholy or melancholia
noun
a person who suffers from melancholia
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melancholic
late 14c., from melancholy + -ic, or else from Late Latin melancholicus, from Greek melankholikos "choleric," from melankholia "sadness" (see melancholy). As a noun, from 1580s. Earlier adjective formation was melancholian (mid-14c.), and melancholiac (mid-19c.) also was tried.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
melancholic
[ mĕl′ən-kŏl′ĭk ]
adj.
Affected with or being subject to melancholy.
Of or relating to melancholia.
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