Melancholiac

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A person affected with melancholia; a melancholy maniac.
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  • noun. someone subject to melancholia
  • Word Usage
    "He went so far as to question Scripture: "If there are thus no other signs necessary to demon possession, than those which are described by the Evangelists, [then] every epileptic, melancholiac, phrenetic, will have the devil in their body: and there will be more demoniacs in the world than fools.""
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