Associations to the word «Melancholia»

Wiktionary

MELANCHOLIA, noun. Deep sadness or gloom; melancholy
MELANCHOLIA, noun. Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy

Dictionary definition

MELANCHOLIA, noun. Extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca