melancholic

Definition

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

Etymology

From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic.

Example Sentences

• "Just as the melancholic eye / Sees fleets and armies in the sky."
• "But he was also a natural chronicler: one senses that, even as his schemes collapsed, this aesthetic Arab Quixote knew the stories would make great material for his witty, sharp, melancholic writings."