barythymia
English
editEtymology
editFrom bary- + -thymia. From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul, spirit”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbarythymia (uncountable)
- (medicine, archaic, rare) A depressed state of mind.
- 1810, John Jackson, Barythymia (poem): referenced in Halkett, Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
- 2004, Julius Preuss, Biblical and Talmudic Medicine[1]:
- Are we here speaking of the above-mentioned kardioponos? Naturally, this ailment could also refer to barythymia (depression or melancholy).
- 2012, George Gurley, George & Hilly: The Anatomy of a Relationship, page 87:
- Neurotic, obsessive-compulsive, infantile-arrested, stuporous melancholia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, barythymia, poikilothymia. I'd settle for anything as long as it was concrete.
Usage notes
editThis word is found far more often in medical dictionaries than in actual use, and melancholy or depression are generally better alternatives.
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