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melancholia

English

Etymology

From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term ?????????? (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”), from ????? (mélas), ?????- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + ???? (khol?, “bile”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??li?

Noun

melancholia (countable and uncountable, plural melancholias)

  1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
    Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness
  2. (pathology) depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

Derived terms

  • melancholiac

Translations

Related terms

  • melancholy
  • melancholic

Polish

Etymology

From Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (melankholía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m?.lan?x?.l?a/

Noun

melancholia f

  1. melancholy

Declension

Derived terms

  • melancholik, melancholiczka
  • melancholiczny
  • melancholicznie

Further reading

  • melancholia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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despondency

English

Noun

despondency (countable and uncountable, plural despondencies)

  1. The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
  2. A feeling of depression or disheartenment.

Translations

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