leucocholy
noun
leu·co·choly
\ˈlükəˌkälē\
Definition of leucocholy
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: a state of feeling that accompanies preoccupation with trivial and insipid diversions leucocholy … though it seldom laughs or dances, nor ever amounts to what one calls joy or pleasure, yet is a good easy sort of a state — Thomas Gray
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Origin and Etymology of leucocholy
leuc- + -choly (as in melancholy)
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