MELANCHOLIA

Melancholia

Melancholia, also lugubriousness, from the Latin lugere, to mourn; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit; wistfulness, from old English wist: intent, or saturnine, in contemporary usage, is a mood disorder of non-specific depression, characterized by low levels of both enthusiasm and eagerness for activity.

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melancholia

Noun

  1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
  2. Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy


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