malencolik
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French melancolique, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós); equivalent to malencolie + -ik.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
malencolik
- Made of or containing black bile or melancholy.
- Under the influence of or governed by black bile.
- Having one's mood changed by black bile; depressed or raging.
- Due to the influence or presence of black bile.
- (rare) Affected by a disease caused by too much black bile.
- (rare) Having a proclivity to produce black bile.
Descendants edit
- English: melancholic (remodelled after Greek)
References edit
- “malencolik, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-10.