noun
melancholia
Melancholia (noun) means Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.
noun
1
Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
2
depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy
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Etymology
From Late Latin melancholia, which was in turn borrowed from the Ancient Greek medical term μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”) (from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bile”)), referring to the humour which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with sadness and despondency. Doublet of melancholy.
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What is the meaning of melancholia?
"melancholia" (noun) means deep sadness or gloom; melancholy.
What are the different meanings of melancholia?
"melancholia" has 2 main meanings: 1. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy; 2. depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy.