malencolieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French melancolie, from Late Latin melancholia, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía). Many forms of this word show influence from Old French mal (“bad”).

発音

• IPA: /malənˈkɔːliː(ə)/, /maˈlɛnkɔliː(ə)/, /mɛlənˈkɔːliː(ə)/, /mɛˈlɛnkɔliː(ə)/

名詞

malencolie (uncountable)

1. Black bile as one of the four cardinal humours believed to influence health and mood.
2. The mood or psychological state believed to result from the influence of black bile:
   1. Ire, wroth, fury: the state of being or feeling angry or ireful.
   2. (Late Middle English) Melancholy, sadness, depression, or gloominess; the state of feeling sad.
3. A supposed affliction caused by an excessive amount or quantity of black bile.

等位語

• medicinal humors: humours: coler · flewme · malencolie · sanguine

関連する語

• malencolien
• malencolik
• malencolious

派生した語

• English: melancholy (remodelled after Latin)

参照

• “malencolī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-09.

形容詞

malencolie

1. Tending to be under the influence of black bile.
2. Made of or containing black bile or melancholy.
3. Having one's mood changed by black bile; depressed or raging.
4. (rare) Due to the influence of black bile.

派生した語

• English: melancholy (remodelled after Latin)
• Scots: melancholy (remodelled after Latin)
• Yola: malaunchly (remodelled after Latin)

参照

• “malencolī(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-09.