Meaning for word 'melancholy'

Answer 1

Its origin is the Greek word ΜΕΛΑΓΧΟΛΙΑ / Μελαγχολία ( ΜΕΛΑΝ + ΧΟΛΗ, Μέλαινα χολή ), equal to "black mood", the "blues".

According to Hippocrates, there are 7 human types categorized by wrath/bile (spleen-secretions). One out of those seven types is the melancholic man.

Answer 2

Melancholy is an adjective. This is because it is the part of speech that would describe the noun, or pronoun, in a sentence. For example "Sarah was very melancholy" - Sarah is the noun, and melancholy is describing Sarah.

Answer 3

Melancholy means sadness or gloom... sometimes depression.

Answer 4

Melancholys:

This is the feeeling of sadness or depression

Answer 5

The adjective is melancholic.

Answer 6

It basically means "Sadness" - "Melancholia" is an old medical term for Depression.

Answer 7

it means make up

Answer 8

dejection