Hypertext Webster Gateway: "melancholic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, a. [L. melancholicus, Gr. ?: cf.
F. m['e]lancholique.]
Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected;
unhappy.
Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in
the sky. --Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Melancholic \Mel"an*chol`ic\, n. [Obs.]
1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. --J. Spenser.
2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. --Clarendon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
melancholic
adj : characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing
more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile";
"we acquainted him with the melancholy truth" [syn: {melancholy}]
n : someone subject to melancholia [syn: {melancholiac}]
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