malencolious

Middle English

Alternative forms

• malancolious, melancolious, melancolyous, malencolyous, melencolyous, malancoleous, malencolius, malencolyus, malencoliouse, malyncolyous

Etymology

From Middle French melancolieus; equivalent to malencolie +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malənˈkɔːliuːs/, /maˈlɛnkɔːliuːs/, /mɛlənˈkɔːliuːs/, /mɛˈlɛnkɔːliuːs/

Adjective

malencolious

1. Made of or containing black bile or melancholy.
2. Having one's mood or emotional state changed by black bile:
   1. furious, irascible; full of anger and wroth.
   2. upset, depressed; full of sadness and woe.
3. Due to the influence or presence of black bile.
4. (rare) Affected by a disease caused by too much black bile.
5. (rare) Under the influence of or governed by black bile.
6. (rare) Having a proclivity to produce black bile.

Descendants

• English: melancholious (obsolete)

References

• “malencoliǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-10.