Melancholy word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "melancholy" word

[noun] a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
[noun] a feeling of thoughtful sadness
[noun] a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
[adjective] characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

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\Mel"an*chol*y\, n. [OE. melancolie, F. m['e]lancolie, L. melancholia, fr. Gr. ?; me`las, -anos, black + ? gall, bile. See {Malice}, and 1st {Gall}.] 1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. --Shak. 2. Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia. 3. Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. [Obs.] ``Hail, divinest Melancholy !'' --Milton. 4. Ill nature. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Mel"an*chol*y\, a. 1. Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal. --Shak. 2. Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event. 3. Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired. [Obs.] --Bp. Reynolds. 4. Favorable to meditation; somber. A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered. --Evelin. Syn: Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy; hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous; afflictive.

Synonyms for melancholy

black bile, melancholic, sad

Related terms: blase, close study, concentration, depressing, despondency, disturbing, downhearted, glum, heartache, heavyhearted, miserable, moodish, pensive, reflectiveness, splenetic, surly, tedium, thoughtful, weariness, weary, wistful, woeful

The fun area, different aproach to word »melancholy«

Let's analyse "melancholy" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Four syllables and Three vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 30% of vowels is 8.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YLOHCNALEM. Average typing speed for these characters is 2725 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -- . .-.. .- -. -.-. .... --- .-.. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: melancholy: 5 + 1 + 6 = 12, reduced: 3 (or 1 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Three.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: melancholy: 4 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 8 + 6 + 3 + 7 = 45, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
H (1)	8	Strength	Couragous, Faithful, Caring
L (2)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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