barythymia

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/ˌbæɹɪˈθaɪmɪə/

noun

A depressed state of mind.

OriginAncient Greek βαρύς →
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Meanings

nounbarythymia (uncountable)
  1. archaicrareuncountablemedicineA depressed state of mind.

    1810, John Jackson, Barythymia (poem): referenced in Halkett, Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature

    2 more examples

    Are we here speaking of the above-mentioned kardioponos? Naturally, this ailment could also refer to barythymia (depression or melancholy).

    2004, Julius Preuss, Biblical and Talmudic Medicine

    Neurotic, obsessive-compulsive, infantile-arrested, stuporous melancholia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, barythymia, poikilothymia. I'd settle for anything as long as it was concrete.

    2012, George Gurley, George & Hilly: The Anatomy of a Relationship, page 87

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekβαρύς“heavy”
  2. Englishbarythymia

From bary- + -thymia. From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul, spirit”).

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Chicago

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