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melancholy noun

Category: abnormal: emotion.

1604, Cawdrey: (melancholie)

black choler, a humor of solitarines, or sadnes.

1626, Cockeram:

the grossest of the foure corporall humours, which if it abound too much, causeth heauinesse and sadness of minde.

2006-10-13 October 13th, 2006: The letter "A" from Cawdrey:1604 and Cockeram:1626 is mostly complete.

2006-10-27 October 27th, 2006: the system has a whole new look!

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