"melancholly" meaning in English

See melancholly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more melancholly [comparative], most melancholly [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} melancholly (comparative more melancholly, superlative most melancholly)
  1. Obsolete spelling of melancholy. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: melancholy
    Sense id: en-melancholly-en-adj-SN61LcPx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun

Forms: melanchollies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} melancholly (countable and uncountable, plural melanchollies)
  1. Obsolete spelling of melancholy. Tags: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: melancholy
    Sense id: en-melancholly-en-noun-SN61LcPx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for melancholly meaning in English (1.8kB)

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