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melancholiness

melancholiness noun: the quality of being melancholy.

Noun

melancholiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being melancholy.

Origin of melancholiness

From melancholy + -ness.

Questions about melancholiness

What does melancholiness mean?
Melancholiness means the quality of being melancholy.
What part of speech is melancholiness?
Melancholiness is a noun.

Words near melancholiness in the dictionary

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

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