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Its origin is the Greek word ΜΕΛΑΓΧΟΛΙΑ / Μελαγχολία ( ΜΕΛΑΝ + ΧΟΛΗ, Μέλαινα χολή ), equal to "black mood", the "blues".
According to Hippocrates, there are 7 human types categorized by wrath/bile (spleen-secretions). One out of those seven types is the melancholic man.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoMelancholy is an adjective. This is because it is the part of speech that would describe the noun, or pronoun, in a sentence. For example "Sarah was very melancholy" - Sarah is the noun, and melancholy is describing Sarah.
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∙ 16y agoMelancholy means sadness or gloom... sometimes depression.
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∙ 13y agoMelancholys:
This is the feeeling of sadness or depression
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∙ 15y agoThe adjective is melancholic.
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∙ 12y agoIt basically means "Sadness" - "Melancholia" is an old medical term for Depression.
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∙ 11y agoit means make up
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∙ 14y agodejection
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What other word is similar in meaning to sad?
Unhappy, depressed, melancholy.
What is another way of saying sad?
A good word meaning sad is melancholy.
How do you spell melody?
The correct spelling is melancholy (a negative or depressed emotional state).
What does the word Melancholy syllables?
4
How many syllables does the word melancholy have?
4
What other word is similar in meaning to sad?
Unhappy, depressed, melancholy.
What is a 9 letter word meaning gloominess?
melancholy
What is another way of saying sad?
A good word meaning sad is melancholy.
What is an alternate word for melancholy?
Melancholy
Another word for apathy or melancholy?
Melancholy?
How do you spell melody?
The correct spelling is melancholy (a negative or depressed emotional state).
How does the meaning of melano- suggest the meaning of the word melancholy?
"Melancholia" is a word for a substance called black bile, which was supposed to make you depressed. The "melan" part of melancholia is the "black" part of black bile.
What does the word melancholy?
4
What is the longest word for the word sad?
Melancholy
What is the meaning of melancholy strain in solitary reaper?
A melancholy strain means a sad song sung by someone.
What is the word of the definition feeling of sadness?
The word is "melancholy."
What is the meaning of fixed melancholy?
Depression of how they were being treated
