depresso

From depress +‎ -o.

depresso (plural depressos)

1. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A depressive person.

   Synonym: depressive

   • 1997 January 10, catherine yronwode, “Thoughts on "Wide Open" (Millennium)”, in alt.tv.x-files‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     I disagree. The character is NOT sympathetic. He is a depresso.

   • 1997 April 9, heather e blair, “multiple relationships”, in alt.polyamory‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     It took a lot of energy to "be good", and the easiest way to do so was to become withdrawn and depressed. A depresso isn't going out and about meeting people, you know. :-)

   • 1997 September 5, Alan Harding, “SSRI's - Long Term Use?”, in soc.support.depression.treatment‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     Depression is an illness with a high death rate. One of the main aims of treating us depressos is to help us not kill ourselves from the despair that is all too often part of our depression.

   • 1997 October 10, the lame twat, “Everything I say is a stupid lie...”, in alt.fan.dirty-whores‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     this life reflecting stuff, i dunno man. isn't that what depressos do all the fucking time? it's what i do most of the time. the theories all sound so easy.

   • 1998 January 15, Lyndee1, anonymous quotee, “I am trying to muddle my way out”, in alt.support.depression.recovery‎^[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     I'd heard of this before, a certain proportion of depressos who are "treatment resistant" have a borderline thyroid deficiency which doesn't show in the normal blood test but does in the more sophisticated one, in which case addition of thyroxine may suddenly kick-start the antidepressant into action.

   • 1998 January 22, Dick Small, “It seems to me that all mood disorders are related {long, repost from asd}”, in alt.support.depression.recovery‎^[6] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     Maybe there's an evolutionary advantage to carrying *some* of the genes, otherwise the thing would presumably have died out long ago. Creativity? There does seem to be a higher than average proportion of creative depressos (likewise homosexuals, likewise left handers).

   • 1998 January 24, Shannon B.McCain, “you fucking loser depressos”, in alt.support.depression.flame‎^[7] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     1. should buck up and get over it

   • 1998 May 1, renard, “May I ask?”, in alt.support.depression.recovery‎^[8] (Usenet), archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     : I'm talking with a therapist but I don't know what to talk about. […] Guess that's normal, well, for a depressed person that is.
     yep, normal for a depresso

• IPA^(key): /deˈprɛs.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛsso
• Hyphenation: de‧près‧so

depresso (feminine depressa, masculine plural depressi, feminine plural depresse)

1. past participle of deprimere

depresso (feminine depressa, masculine plural depressi, feminine plural depresse)

1. depressed

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈprɛs.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈprɛs.so]

From dēprimō (“press down, weigh down, sink down”) +‎ -tō (frequentative suffix).

dēpressō (present infinitive dēpressāre, perfect active dēpressāvī, supine dēpressātum); first conjugation

1. frequentative of dēprimō

• dēpressiō (noun)
• dēpressor (noun)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dēpressō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēpressus

• “depresso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• depresso in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[9], pre-publication website, 2005-2016