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MELANCHOLIAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does melancholiac mean?
• MELANCHOLIAC (noun)
The noun MELANCHOLIAC has 1 sense:
1. someone subject to melancholia
Familiarity information: MELANCHOLIAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone subject to melancholia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
melancholiac; melancholic
Hypernyms ("melancholiac" is a kind of...):
depressive (someone suffering psychological depression)
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