English Dictionary

melancholy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmelənkəli/

名詞

可算名詞 歴史的 不可算名詞

(historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies. / Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

日本語の意味

（歴史的な意味）かつて、動物の身体を構成する四大体液の一つと考えられていた黒胆汁を指す。 / 深い悲しみや落ち込み、特に内省的な性質による感情状態を表す。

In medical texts from the Renaissance, melancholy was blamed as the black bile that unbalanced the four humours.

ルネサンス期の医学書では、黒胆汁が四体液の不均衡をもたらすと考えられていた。

意味（1）

(historical) Black bile, formerly thought to be one of the four "cardinal humours" of animal bodies.

, Bk.I, New York 2001, p.148: 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.

意味（2）

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

My mind was troubled with deep melancholy.

melancholies （ plural ）