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melancholies

melancholies is the plural of melancholy.

Meaning of melancholy

Noun

melancholy (countable and uncountable, plural melancholies)

  1. (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
    • Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black, and sour, […] is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones., Bk.I, New York 2001, p.148
  2. Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
    • My mind was troubled with deep melancholy.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about melancholies

What is melancholies the plural of?
Melancholies is the plural of melancholy.

Words near melancholies in the dictionary

  1. melancholicke
  2. melancholickes
  3. melancholicks
  4. melancholics
  5. melancholie
  6. melancholies
  7. melancholily
  8. melancholiness
  9. melancholious
  10. melancholiously
  11. melancholish

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