† melancholistn.
Obsolete.
1. Medicine. A person of a melancholic constitution.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > one of melancholy constitution
melancholian1340
melancholic1594
melancholist1599
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. L4v Doth helpe melanchollists onely, by moistning their dry constitution.
2. A person suffering from or prone to melancholia.In the 17th and 18th centuries often applied, usually contemptuously, to persons regarded as religious zealots.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > one affected by melancholy
melancholicc1460
melancholist1600
melancholian1632
melancholy1654
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > melancholia > person
melancholist1600
hypochondriac1639
melancholico1652
hypochondriacal1694
hypochondrist1803
hypochondriast1809
melancholiac1863
melancholic1870
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > fancied inspiration > person
enthusiast1548
melancholist1600
enthusiastic1605
1600 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Edward IV sig. O2 Being a more deepe melancholiste, And sullenner of temper then the Duke, He chawes his mallice.
1605 A. Warren Poore Mans Passions sig. B2 Can Humanity these pilles digest, Or like Melancholists get some Recluse, To make their Orizons in Saturnes eare, That sitting dumbe doth mute petisions heare?
1676 J. Glanvill Ess. vi. 29 The proud and fantastick Pretences of many of the conceited Melancholists in this Age.
1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. I 3 Montanus..drew after him several religious Melancholists.
1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 212 Dr. G...visited the male ideots and melancholists.
1858 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 83 276 Our gallant captain, a notable melancholist, sat up till dawn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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