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> It's like when people say "I'm feeling melancholy". NO! You're feeling melancholic! While I fully agree with you and it sounds incredibly weird, dictionaries
by jorams 6y ago
> It's like when people say "I'm feeling melancholy". NO! You're feeling melancholic!
While I fully agree with you and it sounds incredibly weird, dictionaries don't agree with you on this one. They consider "melancholy" a synonym of "melancholic".
- helmholtz 6y agoYep, and they state that purposely is a real word that's been in use for 500 years. I'll fight them to my grave! My beef with it has always been that two perfect words exist already: melancholia and melancholic. Between them, they cover all the ways in which I wish to use the word.
- afarrell 6y ago> I'll fight them to my grave! I would advise you to reflect on which you care more about: 1. Being a supportive to a friend who feels so sad or stressed they need a more expressive word. 2. Urging people to change their words in ways that do not impact meaning.