melancholick
melancholick is the obsolete form of melancholic.
Meaning of melancholic
Adjective
melancholic (comparative more melancholic, superlative most melancholic)
- Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
- Just as the melancholic eye / Sees fleets and armies in the sky.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- miserable, despondent, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless
- Pertaining to black bile (melancholy).
- Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits.
Forms of melancholick
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more melancholick |
| superlative | most melancholick |
| Noun | |
| plural | melancholicks |
Questions about melancholick
- What is melancholick the obsolete form of?
- Melancholick is the obsolete form of melancholic.
Words near melancholick in the dictionary
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