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.
Unhappy, depressed, melancholy.
A good word meaning sad is melancholy.
The correct spelling is melancholy (a negative or depressed emotional state).
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Unhappy, depressed, melancholy.
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A good word meaning sad is melancholy.
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Melancholy?
Melancholy or sadness.
The correct spelling is melancholy (a negative or depressed emotional state).
"Melancholia" is a word for a substance called black bile, which was supposed to make you depressed. The "melan" part of melancholia is the "black" part of black bile.
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A melancholy strain means a sad song sung by someone.
Melancholy is taken from the Greek word melancholia which meant sadness, although its original meaning was "black bile" (Greek melas, black and cholia, bile).The word is not formed from a stem modified with a prefix or suffix. It has no stem.