melancholic
[mel-uh n-kol-ik]
- disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- of, relating to, or affected with melancholia.
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Origin of melancholic
1350–1400; Middle English melancolik < Latin melancholicus < Greek melancholikós. See melancholy, -ic
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melancholic
- relating to or suffering from melancholy or melancholia
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- a person who suffers from melancholia
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Word Origin and History for melancholically
melancholic
adj.
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.
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melancholic
(mĕl′ən-kŏl′ĭk)- Affected with or being subject to melancholy.
- Of or relating to melancholia.
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