melancholy
adjective UK /ˈmel.əŋ.kɒl.i/ US /ˈmel.əŋ.kɑː.li/
sad:
melancholy autumn days
a melancholy piece of music
From Middle English malencolie, from Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “atrabiliousness”), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Compare the Latin ātra bīlis (“black bile”).
(literary) Affected with great sadness or depression. quotations ▼
- Melancholy people don't talk much.
Melancholija (iš gr. μελας 'juoda' + gr. χολη 'tulžis')...
Albrechtas Diureris, „Melancholija“
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