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melancholist

noun

Etymology

From melancholy + -ist.

  1. derived from melancolie
  2. inherited from malencolie
  3. suffixed as melancholist — “melancholy + ist”

Definitions

  1. One affected with melancholy or dejection.

    • the Melancholist was afraid to ſit down for fear of being broken, ſuppoſing himself of Glass
    • YoungBoy's closest contemporary analogues are also colossally popular artists with devoted cult followings who just barely limn the pop mainstream: the bluesy melancholist Rod Wave and the rage-rap vampire Playboi Carti.

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