Advertisement

melancholiac (n.)

"person afflicted with melancholy, one who is affected with mental gloom," 1819, from melancholia. Earlier in same sense were melancholian (1630s), melancholist (1590s), melancholic (1580s).

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of melancholiac from WordNet

melancholiac (n.)
someone subject to melancholia;
Synonyms: melancholic
From wordnet.princeton.edu