melancholist

English

Etymology

From melancholy +‎ -ist.

Noun

melancholist (plural melancholists)

  1. One affected with melancholy or dejection.
    • 1676, Joseph Glanvill, The Usefulness of Real Philosophy to Religion:
      the Melancholist was afraid to ſit down for fear of being broken, ſuppoſing himself of Glass
    • 2025 November 15, Jon Caramanica, “NBA YoungBoy, Rap's Defining 2025 Superstar, Is Hiding in Plain Sight”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 November 2025:
      YoungBoy's closest contemporary analogues are also colossally popular artists with devoted cult followings who just barely limn the pop mainstream: the bluesy melancholist Rod Wave and the rage-rap vampire Playboi Carti.

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