Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Melancholy.
- noun A melancholiac.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A person affected with
melancholy ; amelancholic .
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Examples
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William Guthrie knew, by his temperament, and by his knowledge of himself and of other men, that he was a great melancholian, and he studied how to divert himself sometimes in order that he might not be altogether drowned with his melancholy.
Samuel Rutherford Whyte, Alexander 1894
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'William Guthrie was a great melancholian,' says Wodrow, and as we read that we are reminded of some other great melancholians, such as Blaise Pascal and John Foster and William Cowper.
Samuel Rutherford Whyte, Alexander 1894
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'William Guthrie was a great melancholian,' says Wodrow, and as we read that we are reminded of some other great melancholians, such as Blaise
Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Alexander Whyte 1878
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William Guthrie knew, by his temperament, and by his knowledge of himself and of other men, that he was a great melancholian, and he studied how to divert himself sometimes in order that he might not be altogether drowned with his melancholy.
Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Alexander Whyte 1878
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