melancholist
English
Etymology
melancholy + -ist
Noun
melancholist (plural melancholists)
- (obsolete) One affected with melancholy or dejection.
- 1676, Joseph Glanvill, The Usefulness of Real Philosophy to Religion
- the Melancholist was afraid to ſit down for fear of being broken, ſuppoſing himself of Glass
- 1676, Joseph Glanvill, The Usefulness of Real Philosophy to Religion
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for melancholist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)