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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: melancolie, from Late Latin melancholia, from Greek, from melas 'black' + chole 'bile'

melancholy

2 noun
     
melancholy2 [uncountable]
formal a feeling of sadness for no particular reason:
He sank into deep melancholy.
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