leu·co·choly \ˈlükəˌkälē\noun (-es) Etymology:leuc- + -choly (as in melancholy) : a state of feeling that accompanies preoccupation with trivial and insipid diversions < leucocholy … though it seldom laughs or dances, nor ever amounts to what one calls joy or pleasure, yet is a good easy sort of a state — Thomas Gray >