melancholia

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term μελαγχολία (melankholía, blackness of the bile), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, black, dark, murky) + χολή (kholḗ, bile).

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melancholia (countable and uncountable, plural melancholias)

  1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
    Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness
  2. (pathology) depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

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Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mɛ.lanˈxɔ.lja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔlja
  • Syllabification: me‧lan‧cho‧lia

Noun[edit]

melancholia f

  1. (psychology) melancholy

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Further reading[edit]

  • melancholia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • melancholia in Polish dictionaries at PWN