melancholiac

  • 1melancholiac — (n.) 1863, from MELANCHOLY (Cf. melancholy). Earlier in same sense was melancholian (mid 14c.) …

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  • 2melancholiac — noun see melancholia …

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  • 3melancholiac — /mel euhn koh lee ak /, adj. 1. affected with melancholia. n. 2. a person who is affected with melancholia. [1860 65; MELANCHOLI(A) + AC] * * * …

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  • 4melancholiac — mel·an·cho·li·ac lē .ak n one affected with melancholia …

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  • 5melancholiac — mel·an cho·li·ac || ‚lɪmelÉ™n kəʊlɪək n. one who is stricken with melancholia (Psychiatry); person who suffers from sadness or depression …

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  • 6melancholiac — mel·an·cho·li·ac …

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  • 7melancholiac — /mɛlənˈkoʊliæk/ (say meluhn kohleeak) adjective 1. affected with melancholia. –noun 2. someone affected with melancholia …

  • 8melancholiac — noun someone subject to melancholia • Syn: ↑melancholic • Derivationally related forms: ↑melancholic (for: ↑melancholic) • Hypernyms: ↑depressive …

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  • 9hypochondriac — adj 1. melancholy, melancholic, melancholiac, depressed, dejected, dispirited, vaporish, disconsolate, sad, gloomy; listless, mopish, spiritless, undone, cheerless; valetudinary, hypochondriacal, malingering, anxious, worried, neurotic,… …

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  • 10melancholia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, melancholy Date: 1607 a mental condition and especially a manic depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaints, and often hallucinations and delusions • melancholiac noun …

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