Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - melancholy
Melancholy
melancholy
n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a pensive sadness. 2 a mental depression. b a habitual or constitutional tendency to this. 3 hist. one of the four humours; black bile (see HUMOUR n. 5). --adj. (of a person) sad, gloomy; (of a thing) saddening, depressing; (of words, a tune, etc.) expressing sadness. Derivatives melancholic adj. melancholically adv. Etymology: ME f. OF melancolie f. LL melancholia f. Gk melagkholia f. melas melanos black + khole bile
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I. noun (plural -cholies) see: gall Date: 14th century 1. an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression, black bile, melancholia, 2. depression of spirits ; dejection, a pensive mood, II. adjective Date: 14th century 1. suggestive or expressive of ~ , causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit ; dismal , 2. depressed in spirits ; dejected, sad, pensive ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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