Both Uses
melancholy
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The House of Hades
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- He radiated a kind of old energy—a melancholy that came from knowing he didn't belong in the modern world.†
p. 6.5 *melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
- His eyes were still full of that weird melancholy, like he was in two places at once; but nothing about his expression indicated any kind of joke.†
p. 484.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(melancholy) a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)