Definizione monolingua

melancholy

melancholy (plural melancholies)

1. (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four ""cardinal humours"" of animal bodies.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 148:

     Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black, and sour, [...] is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones.

2. Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

melancholy (comparative more melancholy, superlative most melancholy)

1. Affected with great sadness or depression.

Definizione dizionario melancholy

	malinconia
	Sadness or depression
	Desiderio del passato, spesso idealizzato.

	malinconico
	Affected with sadness or depression

	melancolico
	Affected with sadness or depression

abbattimento

apatia

depressione

mestizia

mesto

nostalgico

triste

tristezza

Altri significati:

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

(historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

Affected with great sadness or depression.