Both Uses of
melancholy
in
Ethan Frome
- He seemed a part of the mute melancholy landscape, an incarnation of its frozen woe, with all that was warm and sentient in him fast bound below the surface; but there was nothing unfriendly in his silence.†
Chpt Open *
- It was a shy secret spot, full of the same dumb melancholy that Ethan felt in his heart.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad