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melancholia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Melancholia  \Mel`an*cho"li*a\,  n.  [L.  See  {Melancholy}.]  (Med.) 
  A  kind  of  mental  unsoundness  characterized  by  extreme 
  depression  of  spirits,  ill-grounded  fears,  delusions,  and 
  brooding  over  one  particular  subject  or  train  of  ideas. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  melancholia 
  n  :  extreme  depression  characterized  by  tearful  sadness  and 
  irrational  fears 




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