leucocholy

noun

leu·​co·​choly

ˈlükəˌkälē

plural -es

: 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

Word History

Etymology

leuc- + -choly (as in melancholy)

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