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melancholy
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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- THESEUS Go, Philostrate, Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments; Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth; Turn melancholy forth to funerals—The pale companion is not for our pomp.†
Scene 1.1melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)