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† melanˈcholian, a. and n. Obs.
Also 4 malen-, malancolien, melanconien.
[f. melancholy + -an.]
a. adj. Having the atrabilious temperament; also, addicted to ‘melancholy’ or causeless anger.
b. n. One suffering from melancholia. Also, one of an atrabilious temperament.
1340Ayenb. 157 Þe dyeuel..asayleþ..þane sanguinien mid ioliuete and mid luxurie..þane melanconien mid enuie and mid zorȝe. 1390Gower Conf. I. 287 He which Malencolien Of pacience hath no lien, Wherof his wraththe he mai restreigne. 1632tr. Bruel's Praxis Med. 102 Melancholians feare much and are sad. 1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 119 Sanguinians did only laff, Cholerick Melancholians chaff. a1695J. Scott Wks. (1718) II. 125 You may observe, in the Modern Stories of our Religious Melancholians, that they commonly pass out of one Passion into another. |