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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French melancolique, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós); equivalent to malencolie + -ik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malənˈkɔːlik/, /maˈlɛnkɔlik/, /mɛlənˈkɔːlik/, /mɛˈlɛnkɔlik/
Adjective
malencolik
- Made of or containing black bile or melancholy.
- Under the influence of or governed by black bile.
- Having one's mood changed by black bile; depressed or raging.
- Due to the influence or presence of black bile.
- (rare) Affected by a disease caused by too much black bile.
- (rare) Having a proclivity to produce black bile.
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