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  • noun Plural form of melancholia.

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  • In milder forms of neurasthenic disease, in cases of slight general depression not properly to be called melancholias, in the lesser grades of pure brain-tire, or where this is combined with some physical debility, I often order a "modified" or "partial rest."

    Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria John K. [Editor] Mitchell 1871

  • But his take on these famous musical melancholias is an intriguing alternative to mainstream classical choices.

    Songs From The Labyrinth 2006

  • But his take on these famous musical melancholias is an intriguing alternative to mainstream classical choices.

    Songs From The Labyrinth 2006

  • But his take on these famous musical melancholias is an intriguing alternative to mainstream classical choices.

    Songs From The Labyrinth 2006

  • Lord Byron thought seriously about suicide as well, although his droll wit often masked the depth of his true suffering his severe, often agitated melancholias are discussed further in chapter 5.

    Touched with Fire Kay Redfield Jamison 1993

  • Although we will be emphasizing the bipolar form of manic-depressive illness in our discussion of writers and artists, manic-depressive illness, in its European and historical sense, encompasses the severe, recurrent melancholias as well.

    Touched with Fire Kay Redfield Jamison 1993

  • Lord Byron thought seriously about suicide as well, although his droll wit often masked the depth of his true suffering his severe, often agitated melancholias are discussed further in chapter 5.

    Touched with Fire Kay Redfield Jamison 1993

  • Also accented, however, were the debilitating extremes of psychiatric illness psychosis or morbid depression, for example in contrast to the milder manic states and the more reflective, philosophical melancholias.

    Touched with Fire Kay Redfield Jamison 1993

  • Although we will be emphasizing the bipolar form of manic-depressive illness in our discussion of writers and artists, manic-depressive illness, in its European and historical sense, encompasses the severe, recurrent melancholias as well.

    Touched with Fire Kay Redfield Jamison 1993

  • Also accented, however, were the debilitating extremes of psychiatric illness psychosis or morbid depression, for example in contrast to the milder manic states and the more reflective, philosophical melancholias.

    Touched with Fire Kay Redfield Jamison 1993

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  • "All that seem solid: melancholias, idees fixes, eight years at the academy, Mr. Locke, this year and the next and the next--one like another--whee!--they are April zephyrs, were one a Botticelli, between their chinks, pink anemones."

    - "Kora in Hell: Improvisations", William Carlos Williams

    April 30, 2009