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melancholic |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, a. [L. melancholicus, Gr ?: cf F. m['e]lancholique.] Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. --Prior. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, n. [Obs.] 1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. --J. Spenser. 2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. --Clarendon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: melancholic adj : characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" [syn: {melancholy}] n : someone subject to melancholia [syn: {melancholiac}]
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