Hypertext Webster Gateway: "melancholia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Melancholia \Mel`an*cho"li*a\, n. [L. See {Melancholy}.] (Med.)
A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme
depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and
brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
melancholia
n : extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and
irrational fears
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