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Definition
a sad feeling or manner — sometimes thoughtfully sad
- But he took care never to get any less melancholy on a permanent basis.p. 190.3
- There was always an element of melancholy involved in sex.p. 100.5
- 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. 189.9
There are no more uses of "melancholy" in Oryx and Crake.
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