melancholia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊliə

Noun

melancholia (countable and uncountable, plural melancholias)

1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.

   Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness

2. (pathology) Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy.

Derived terms

• melancholiac

Translations

deep sadness or depression

• German: Melancholie (de), Schwermut (de)
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Related terms

• melancholy
• melancholic

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.lanˈxɔ.lja/

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Noun

melancholia f

1. melancholy

Declension

Declension of melancholia

	singular	plural
nominative	melancholia	melancholie
genitive	melancholii	melancholii/melancholij (archaic)
dative	melancholii	melancholiom
accusative	melancholię	melancholie
instrumental	melancholią	melancholiami
locative	melancholii	melancholiach
vocative	melancholio	melancholie

Derived terms

• melancholik, melancholiczka
• melancholiczny
• melancholicznie

Further reading

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