All 4 Uses of
melancholy
in
Volpone
- Go home, and use the poor sir Pol, your knight, well, For fear I tell some riddles; go, be melancholy.†
Act 5 *
- I'll not betray you; Although you be but extraordinary, And have it only in title, it sufficeth: Go home, be melancholy too, or mad.†
Act 5
- 3 MER: Methinks 'tis but a melancholy sight.†
Act 5
- WOM: My lady's come most melancholy home, And says, sir, she will straight to sea, for physic.†
Act 5
Definition:
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(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad