melancholia

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Etymology

From , which was in turn borrowed from the medical term μελαγχολία ("blackness of the bile"), from μέλας, μελαν- ("black, dark, murky") + χολή ("bile").

Noun

melancholia

1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy

   Synonyms: gloom, melancholy, sadness

2. (pathology) depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

Related terms

• melancholy
• melancholic

Translations

• French: mélancolie
• German: Melancholie, Schwermut, Wehmut
• Italian: malinconia
• Portuguese: melancolia
• Russian: меланхо́лия
• Spanish: melancolía

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