melancholly
English
editAdjective
editmelancholly (comparative more melancholly, superlative most melancholly)
- Obsolete spelling of melancholy.
Noun
editmelancholly (countable and uncountable, plural melanchollies)
- Obsolete spelling of melancholy.
- 1706, [Roger] De Piles, translated by [John Savage], The Art of Painting, and the Lives of the Painters: […], London: […] J. Nutt […], page 209:
- He was very thoughtful and his Melancholly was ſo great, that at laſt it craz’d him: […]