Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Insanity marked by an extreme degree of melancholy.
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- noun archaic
melancholy ,mournfulness
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The +chronic form+ is the most common, which corresponds to the _+melancholia+ of +Pinel+, or the +lypemania+ of +Esquirol+, terminating in +dementia+.
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kenspeckle commented on the word lypemania
Intense nervous depression, according to this list of manias.
February 20, 2007