OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2182

melancholy

/ˈmɛlənkəli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
engurrio • melancolía
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
I have neither the scholar’s melancholy, which is emulation; nor the musician’s, which is fantastical; nor the courtier’s, which is proud; nor the soldier’s, which is ambitious; no…
My mind was troubled with deep melancholy.