How to pronounce“melancholy”in English
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Definitions of “melancholy”
Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
“Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black, and sour, […] is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones.”
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
“My mind was troubled with deep melancholy.”
Affected with great sadness or depression.
“Melancholy people don't talk much.”
Suggestive of wistfulness or subdued emotion.
“Twice a day she took them out to feed in the marshy places, let them waddle and gobble for an hour or two, and then drove them back and shut them up in a small dark shed to digest their meal, whence they gave forth occasionally a melancholy quack.”
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