Melancholia Definition

mĕlən-kōlē-ə
noun
Webster's New World
Extreme, persistent sadness or hopelessness; depression. No longer in clinical use.
American Heritage Medicine
Depression of spirits; melancholy.
Webster's New World

Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.

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Noun

Singular:
melancholia
Plural:
melancholias

Origin of Melancholia

  • From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term μελαγχολία (melankholia, “blackness of the bile").

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin melancholy melancholy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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