Melancholia - Wikipedia In music, the post-Elizabethan cult of melancholia is associated with John Dowland, whose motto was Semper Dowland, semper dolens ("Always Dowland, always mourning") The melancholy man, known to contemporaries as a "malcontent", is epitomized by Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet, the "Melancholy Dane"
MELANCHOLY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Melancholy definition: a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression See examples of MELANCHOLY used in a sentence
Melancholy - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Melancholy is beyond sad: as a noun or an adjective, it's a word for the gloomiest of spirits Being melancholy means that you're overcome in sorrow, wrapped up in sorrowful thoughts
melancholy noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of melancholy noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a feeling of being very sad that lasts for a long time and often cannot be explained A mood of melancholy descended on us There is a brooding melancholy in his black and white photography
Melancholy - definition of melancholy by The Free Dictionary 1 Feeling, showing, or expressing depression of the spirits; sad or dejected See Synonyms at sad 2 Causing or tending to cause sadness or gloom: a letter with some melancholy news 3 Pensive; thoughtful
melancholy - WordReference. com Dictionary of English pensiveness [Archaic ] the condition of having too much black bile, considered in ancient and medieval medicine to cause gloominess and depression black bile adj affected with, characterized by, or showing melancholy; mournful; depressed: a melancholy mood causing melancholy or sadness; saddening: a melancholy occasion soberly thoughtful