melancholy English · revision 61

+ ==Etymology==

+ Recorded from c. 1300 as ''melancolie'', ''malencolie''.^(Etymonline) From [[enm|malencolie]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary) [[bor|fro|melancolie|t=black bile; ill disposition]],^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) [[der|la-lat|melancholia]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) [[der|grc|μελαγχολία|tr=melankholía|t=condition of having black bile]],^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) from ''mélas'' “black” + ''kholḗ'' “bile”.^(OED 1989)^(AHD)

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+ Ancient medicine attributed depression to an excess of black bile, one of the body's four humours.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary) Compare [[cholera]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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