01 a. Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
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Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.“Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky.” — Prior.
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Webster, 1913
Melancholic
02 n. One affected with a gloomy state of mind.
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One affected with a gloomy state of mind.[Obs.]
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A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.