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Melancholia

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.

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