ETYM Latin See Melancholy.
Depressive disposition attributed to the influence of one of the humors in pre-scientific thought; melancholia was thought to be particularly characteristic of writers and thinkers.
The psychological states associated with it were assembled and analyzed by the English philosopher Robert Burton in his Anatomy of Melancholy 1621.
Extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. melancolie, French mélancolie, Latin melancholia, from Greek; melas, -anos, black + chole gall, bile. Related to Malice, and Gall.
1. A constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed.
2. A feeling of thoughtful sadness.