4. Favorable to meditation; somber.

A pretty, melancholy seat, well wooded and watered.

Evelin.

Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; dispirited; low-spirited; downhearted; unhappy;

hypochondriac; disconsolate; heavy, doleful; dismal; calamitous;

afflictive.

Mel`a*ne"sian (?), a. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black + &?; island. Melanesia

was so called from the dark complexion of the natives.] Of or

pertaining to Melanesia.

||Mé`lange" (?), n. [F. See Mell, Meddle.] A mixture; a medley.

Me*la"ni*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of a family of fresh-water

pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.

Me*lan"ic (?), a. [Gr. me`las, -anos, black.] 1. Melanotic.

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