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English
Etymology
leuco-, -choly (as in melancholy)
Noun
leucocholy (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The mood accompanying trivial activity.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thomas Gray to this entry?)
- leucocholy though it seldom laughs or dances, nor ever amounts to what one calls joy or pleasure, yet is a good easy sort of a state
References
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary