Word of the Day: MELANCHOLY

melancholy (noun) - a feeling of pensive sadness or gloom; depression [mel-uhn-kol-ee]

BREAKDOWN: MELAN- (black) + CHOL- (bile) + -Y (act or state)

• melancholy is also an adjective meaning feeling somber, gloomy, or sad or evoking such feelings

“The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods and meadows brown and sear.” —William C. Bryant