Definition of Melancholies

1. Noun. (plural of melancholy) ¹

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Definition of Melancholies

1. melancholy [n] - See also: melancholy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melancholies

melan-
melanaemia
melanagogue
melanagogues
melancholia
melancholiac
melancholiacs
melancholian
melancholians
melancholias
melancholic
melancholically
melancholick
melancholicks
melancholics
melancholies (current term)
melancholily
melancholiness
melancholious
melancholist
melancholists
melancholize
melancholized
melancholizes
melancholizing
melancholy
melancholy thistle
melanedema
melanemia
melanesia

Literary usage of Melancholies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1873)
"... of some melancholies. In this paper Dr. Morel considers the subject in a general manner, and also in reference to the effect of the late war in ..."

2. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1875)
"The Value of the Testimony of melancholies.— The principles already enunciated, and the rules laid clown with regard to partial mania in relation to ..."

3. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity: With References to the Scotch and by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1880)
"The Value of the Testimony of melancholies.— The principles already enunciated, and the rules laid down with regard to partial mania in relation to ..."

4. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"Of tearful smiles and laughing melancholies, With summer roses twined and wintry hollies. This her poor book is full of saddest follies, In the strange ..."

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