melancholy

  1. Adjective.  Affected with great sadness or depression.
  2. Noun.  (historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.
  3. Noun.  Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

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