melancholiac

[mel-uhn-koh-lee-ak]

mel·an·cho·li·ac

[mel-uhn-koh-lee-ak]
adjective
1.
affected with melancholia.
noun
2.
a person who is affected with melancholia.

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Melancholiac has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

Origin:
1860–65; melancholi(a) + -ac
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melancholia (ˌmɛlənˈkəʊlɪə)
 
n
a former name for depression
 
melan'choliac
 
adj, —n

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