Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

melancholize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: melan-cholize
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make melancholy.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To be melancholy; to be consumed by sad thoughts.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Many men […] are ſo deiected many times for ſome publike iniury, […] that they dare not come abroad all their liues after, but melancholiſe in corners, and keepe in holes."
"if we be not otherwise well employed, we shall be apt, in our thoughts, to melancholize, and dote upon our mischances."

Etymology

From melancholy + -ize, probably after French méancoliser.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: melancholy

Usage

Inflected Forms

melancholizes (present, singular) melancholizing (participle, present) melancholized (participle, past) melancholized (past) melancholise (alternative)

Questions

What does melancholize mean?: To make melancholy.
Where does melancholize come from?: From melancholy + -ize, probably after French méancoliser.

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