I. |melən|kälik, -älēk adjective
Etymology: Middle English melancolik, from Middle French melancolique, from Latin melancholicus, from Greek melancholikos, from melancholia melancholy + -ikos -ic — more at melancholy
1. obsolete
a. : of, relating to, being, or associated with the presence or secretion of black bile
b. : causing or constituting the melancholy that is associated with disordered secretion of black bile
2. : given to or affected with melancholy : subject to depression of spirits : depressed
3. : affected with, like, or relating to melancholia
4. : tending to depress the spirits : saddening
this melancholic view of our future
• mel·an·chol·i·cal·ly -älə̇k(ə)lē, -älēk-, -li adverb
II. noun
( -s )
1. obsolete
a. : melancholy
b. : a melancholy person
2. : melancholiac