melancholist

English

Etymology

From melancholy +‎ -ist.

Noun

melancholist (plural melancholists)

  1. (obsolete or poetic) 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

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