melancholist

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noun

One affected with melancholy or dejection.

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Meanings

nounmelancholist (plural melancholists)

plural melancholists

  1. One affected with melancholy or dejection.

    the Melancholist was afraid to ſit down for fear of being broken, ſuppoſing himself of Glass

    1676, Joseph Glanvill, The Usefulness of Real Philosophy to Religion
    1 more example

    YoungBoy's closest contemporary analogues are also colossally popular artists with devoted cult followings who just barely limn the pop mainstream: the bluesy melancholist Rod Wave and the rage-rap vampire Playboi Carti.

    2025 November 15, Jon Caramanica, “NBA YoungBoy, Rap's Defining 2025 Superstar, Is Hiding in Plain Sight”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2025

Origin

From melancholy + -ist.

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“melancholist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melancholist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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