melancholiac

[ mel-uhn-koh-lee-ak ]

/ ˌmɛl ənˈkoʊ liˌæk /

adjective

affected with melancholia.

noun

a person who is affected with melancholia.

Origin of melancholiac

First recorded in 1860–65; melancholi(a) + -ac

Words nearby melancholiac

melammed, Melampus, melan-, melancholia, melancholia attonita, melancholiac, melancholic, melancholy, Melanchthon, melanedema, Melanesia

Example sentences from the Web for melancholiac

But, Carley, you are not a sentimentalist, or a melancholiac.
The Call of the Canyon|Zane Grey
A saint in ecstasy is as motionless and irresponsive and one-idea'd as a melancholiac.
A Book of Exposition|Homer Heath Nugent
A man subjected long to that soul-cramping stress, with no outlet or abatement, would have become a melancholiac.
The Tempering|Charles Neville Buck
His attitude toward them is that of the paranoiac, vindictive, rather than that of the melancholiac, humiliated.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 56, March 1900|Various

He remembered one of those men in the islands who had become a melancholiac.
The Law of Hemlock Mountain|Hugh Lundsford

单词	melancholiac
释义	melancholiac [ mel-uhn-koh-lee-ak ] / ˌmɛl ənˈkoʊ liˌæk / adjective affected with melancholia. noun a person who is affected with melancholia. Origin of melancholiac First recorded in 1860–65; melancholi(a) + -ac Words nearby melancholiac melammed, Melampus, melan-, melancholia, melancholia attonita, melancholiac, melancholic, melancholy, Melanchthon, melanedema, Melanesia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for melancholiac But, Carley, you are not a sentimentalist, or a melancholiac. The Call of the Canyon\|Zane Grey A saint in ecstasy is as motionless and irresponsive and one-idea'd as a melancholiac. A Book of Exposition\|Homer Heath Nugent A man subjected long to that soul-cramping stress, with no outlet or abatement, would have become a melancholiac. The Tempering\|Charles Neville Buck His attitude toward them is that of the paranoiac, vindictive, rather than that of the melancholiac, humiliated. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 56, March 1900\|Various He remembered one of those men in the islands who had become a melancholiac. The Law of Hemlock Mountain\|Hugh Lundsford
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