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語源

From melancholy +‎ -ize, probably after French méancoliser.

動詞

melancholize (三人称単数 現在形 melancholizes, 現在分詞 melancholizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 melancholized)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make melancholy.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be melancholy; to be consumed by sad thoughts.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.263:

     Many men […] dare not come abroad all their lives after, but melancholize in corners, and keep in holes.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Barrow to this entry?)