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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Extreme depression of spirits.

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  • In the medical terminology of the period, fainting, swooning, and various states that involve the loss of sensation or consciousness are referred to by the technical terms "syncope" and "lipothymy" (or lypothymia).

    Ildiko Csengei 2008

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  • "Profound melancholy"

    - The Grandiloquent Dictionary

    October 28, 2009