Feminine

melancolia

Meaning

melancholy (extreme sadness or depression)

Frequency

26k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/me.lɐ̃.koˈli.ɐ/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese melanconia, borrowed from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “blackness of the bile”).

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