melancholiac
[ mel-uhn-koh-lee-ak ]
adjective
affected with melancholia.
noun
a person who is affected with melancholia.
Origin of melancholiac
1First recorded in 1860–65; melancholi(a) + -ac
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How to use melancholiac in a sentence
Certain melancholiacs furnish the extreme example of the over-inhibited type.
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