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单词 melancholiac
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melancholiacn.adj.

Brit. /ˌmɛlənˈkəʊlɪak/, /ˌmɛləŋˈkəʊlɪak/, U.S. /ˌmɛl(ə)nˈkoʊliˌæk/, /ˌmɛl(ə)nˈkɑliˌæk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: melancholia n., -ac suffix.
Etymology: < melancholia n. + -ac suffix.
Medicine.
A. n.
A person suffering from or prone to melancholia or depression.
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melancholist1600
hypochondriac1639
melancholico1652
hypochondriacal1694
hypochondrist1803
hypochondriast1809
melancholiac1863
melancholic1870
1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. 100 In short, she gave them the impression that Alfred was a moping melancholiac.
1897 Dict. National Biogr. LII. 320/2 Separating the insane into groups of maniacs, melancholiacs, and so on.
1941 Mod. Lang. Notes 56 438 Giovanni, in 'Tis Pity, exemplifies the religious melancholiac.
1980 P. O'Brian Surgeon's Mate vii. 201 Gothenburg..inhabited by tall spare melancholiacs dressed in grey wool.
1991 M. Wharton Dubious Codicil viii. 256 Kee, a state-registered melancholiac like myself.
B. adj.
Suffering from melancholia; depressive; melancholic.
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melancholya1393
hypochondrical1586
hypochondriac1599
sullen-sick1614
hypochondriacal1620
mirachial1621
hypochondriatic1658
hipped1712
melancholic1809
hypochondric1871
melancholiac1906
1906 N.E.D. Melancholiac, adj. affected with melancholia.
1924 Jrnl. Philos. 21 519 Ever since Magnan's important studies in psychiatry, alienists are increasingly prone to lay stress upon depressive or melancholiac as contrasted with exalted states of consciousness.
1994 Representations Autumn 42 The narrative, however formally shaped by spiritual allegory, returns to human losses and to the melancholiac recapitulations of grief.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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