Mel"an*chol`ic (?), a. [L. melancholicus, Gr. : cf. F. m'elancholique.]
Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.
Just as the melancholic eye
Sees fleets and armies in the sky.
Prior.
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Mel"an*chol`ic, n. [Obs.]
1.
One affected with a gloomy state of mind.
J. Spenser.
2.
A gloomy state of mind; melancholy.
Clarendon.
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