melancholist

English

Etymology

melancholy +‎ -ist

Noun

melancholist (plural melancholists)

1. (obsolete or poetic) One affected with melancholy or dejection.
   • 1676, Joseph Glanvill, The Usefulness of Real Philosophy to Religion:

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

References

• “melancholist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.