melancholly

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A form of melancholy — Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

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Meanings

adjectivemelancholly (comparative more melancholly, superlative most melancholly)

comparative more melancholly · superlative most melancholly

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of melancholy.
nounmelancholly (countable and uncountable, plural melanchollies)

plural melanchollies

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of melancholy.

    He was very thoughtful and his Melancholly was ſo great, that at laſt it craz’d him: […]

    1706, [Roger] De Piles, translated by [John Savage], The Art of Painting, and the Lives of the Painters: […], London: […] J. Nutt […], page 209
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APA

melancholly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melancholly

MLA

“melancholly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melancholly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “melancholly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melancholly.

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