melancholy:1
noun14th century{ds||2|c|}
- depression of spirits : dejection
- a pensive mood
- melancholia
melancholy:2
adjective
melancholy
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15th century{ds||2|a|}
- suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit
- causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit : dismal
- depressed in spirits : dejected, sad
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