All 3 Uses of
melancholy
in
Oryx and Crake
- There was always an element of melancholy involved in sex.†
p. 100.4melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
- He'd discovered that he projected a form of melancholy attractive to a certain kind of woman, the semi-artistic, wise-wound kind in large supply at Martha Graham.†
p. 189.8 *
- But he took care never to get any less melancholy on a permanent basis.†
p. 190.3
Definition:
a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad