melancholic
n. countable C1 Advanced US //ˌmɛɫənˈkɑɫɪk// UK //mˌɛlənkˈɒlɪk// melan·cholic
n. a person who is often sad or has a very sad mood. This word is quite old-fashioned and people rarely use it in modern conversation.
n. a person prone to or affected by melancholy.
The melancholic wandered the streets at dusk.
In the old play, the melancholic spends the entire second act alone in the garden, reflecting on his past.
The poet's melancholic was a figure of great introspection, often depicted in the margins of the court, observing the festivities with a sense of quiet sorrow.
From Latin melancholicus, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολικός (melankholikós, “atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament”), from μελαγχολία (melankholía, “melancholy”). By surface analysis, melancholy + -ic.