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melancholiac

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mel·an·cho·li·a (m

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n-k

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n.

A mental disorder characterized by severe depression, guilt, hopelessness, and withdrawal.

[Late Latin, melancholy; see melancholy.]

melan·choli·ac (-l

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k

) adj. & n.

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melancholiac - someone subject to melancholia

depressive - someone suffering psychological depression

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