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Webster 1913 Edition
Melancholic
Mel′an-cholˊic
,Adj.
[L.
melancholicus
, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F. mélancholique
.] Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Just as the
Sees fleets and armies in the sky.
melancholic
eyeSees fleets and armies in the sky.
Prior.
Mel′an-cholˊic
,Noun.
[Obs.]
1.
One affected with a gloomy state of mind.
J. Spenser.
2.
A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.
Clarendon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Melancholic
MEL'ANCHOLIC
,Adj.
1.
Depressed in spirits; affected with gloom; dejected; hypochondriac. Grief indulged to excess, has a tendency to render a person melancholic.2.
Produced by melancholy; expressive of melancholy; mournful; as melancholic strains. Just as the melancholic eye,
See fleets and armies in the sky.
3.
Unhappy; unfortunate; causing sorrow; as accidents and melancholic perplexities.MEL'ANCHOLIC
,Noun.
1.
A gloomy state of mind.