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melancholic
mel·an·chol·ic [ mèllən kóllik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
pensively sad: feeling or tending to feel a thoughtful or gentle sadness
[14th century. Either <melancholy or < French mélancolique< Greek melankholia (see melancholy)]

mel·an·chol·i·cal·ly adverb
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