Part 6939

<hw>Mel"an*cho*lize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become gloomy or dejected in mind.</def>

<i>Barrow.</i>

<h1>Melancholize</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mel"an*cho*lize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make melancholy.</def>

<h1>Melancholy</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mel"an*chol*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>melancolie</ets>, F. <ets>m\'82lancolie</ets>, L. <ets>melancholia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/; <?/, -<?/, black + <?/ gall, bile. See <er>Malice</er>, and 1st <er>Gall</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Hail, divinest <i>Melancholy</i> !"

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Ill nature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Melancholy</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mel"an*chol*y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; <as>as, a <ex>melancholy</ex> event</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Reynolds.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Favorable to meditation; somber.</def>

<blockquote>A pretty, <b>melancholy</b> seat, well wooded and watered. <i>Evelin.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy; hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous; afflictive.</syn>

<h1>Melanesian</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Mel`a*ne"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. -<?/, black + <?/ island. <ets>Melanesia</ets> was so called from the dark complexion of the natives.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Melanesia.</def>

<h1>M\'82lange</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>M\'82`lange"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Mell</er>, <er>Meddle</er>.]</ety> <def>A mixture; a medley.</def>

<h1>Melanian</h1> <Xpage=909>

<hw>Me*la"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.</def>