LekhoriLekhoriBlack bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
Melancholy, cold and dry, thick, black, and sour, […] is a bridle to the other two hot humours, blood and choler, preserving them in the blood, and nourishing the bones.
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
My mind was troubled with deep melancholy.
Affected with great sadness or depression.
Melancholy people don't talk much.
From Middle English malencolie, from Old French melancolie, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía, “atrabiliousness”), from μέλας (mélas), μελαν- (melan-, “black, dark, murky”) + χολή (kholḗ, “bi...
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