Bible Dictionaries
Melancholy

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.

(2):

(n.) Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.

(3):

(n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.

(4):

(n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.

(5):

(n.) Ill nature.

(6):

(a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.

(7):

(a.) Somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.

(8):

(a.) Favorable to meditation; somber.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Melancholy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/melancholy.html. 1828.