The Only Use of
melancholy
in
The Call of the Wild
- In the fall of the year they penetrated a weird lake country, sad and silent, where wildfowl had been, but where then there was no life nor sign of life—only the blowing of chill winds, the forming of ice in sheltered places, and the melancholy rippling of waves on lonely beaches.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad