"melancholies" in the noun sense
1. melancholy
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
2. melancholy
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
3. black bile, melancholy
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
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