Meaning melancholic
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melancholic


late 14c., from melancholy + -ic, or else from Late Latin melancholicus, from Greek melankholikos "choleric," from melankholia "sadness" (see melancholy). As a noun, from 1580s. Ea [..]
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melancholic


(n) someone subject to melancholia(adj) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Source: beedictionary.com

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melancholic


Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature. * Prior *: Just as the melancholic eye / Sees fleets and armies in the sky. [..]
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