plural melancholies
Definition of melancholy
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: depression of spirits : dejection
great outbursts of creativity alternate with feelings of extreme melancholy— Brenda Lane Richardson Mitchell sounds utterly alone in her melancholy, turning the sadness into tender art. — Rolling Stone
b
: a pensive mood
a fine romantic kind of a melancholy on the fading of the year— Richard Holmes One white arm and hand drooped over the side of the chair, and her whole pose and figure spoke of an absorbing melancholy.— Arthur Conan Doyle
2a
: melancholia sense 1
b
archaic
: an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression
melancholy
adjectiveDefinition of melancholy (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit
sang in a melancholy voice
b
: causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit : dismal
a melancholy thought
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The first known use of melancholy was in the 14th century
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