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melancholicke

melancholicke is the obsolete form of melancholic.

Meaning of melancholic

Adjective

melancholic (comparative more melancholic, superlative most melancholic)

  1. 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
  2. (dated) Pertaining to black bile (melancholy).
  3. (classical temperament) Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits.

See all 4 meanings of melancholic

Forms of melancholicke

Adjective
comparativemore melancholicke
superlativemost melancholicke
Noun
pluralmelancholickes

Questions about melancholicke

What is melancholicke the obsolete form of?
Melancholicke is the obsolete form of melancholic.

Words near melancholicke in the dictionary

  1. melancholias
  2. melancholic
  3. melancholic personality disorder
  4. melancholically
  5. melancholick
  6. melancholicke
  7. melancholickes
  8. melancholicks
  9. melancholics
  10. melancholie
  11. melancholies

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