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Meaning of melancholian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A person affected with melancholy; a melancholic.

obsolete

Examples

“1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects And hence you may observe⟳ in the Modern Stories of our Religious Melancholians, that they commonly pass⟳ out of one Passion into another without any manner of Reasoning and Discourse”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Melancholic Melancholically melancholie Melancholiness melancholist melancholly

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