# melancholic

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #39,423

## Definitions
1. Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
2. Pertaining to black bile (melancholy).
3. Pertaining to the melancholic temperament or its associated personality traits.

## Etymology
From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic.

## Easily confused with
- **melancholy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melancholic-vs-melancholy)

## Common misspellings (17)
`emlancholic`, `mealncholic`, `melacnholic`, `melanccholic`, `melanchholic`, `melanchloic`, `melanchoilc`, `melancholci`, `melancholicc`, `melanchollic`, `melancohlic`, `melanhcolic`, `melanncholic`, `mellancholic`, `melnacholic`, `mleancholic`, `mmelancholic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/melancholic