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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶MOLLONCHOLIOUS, adj. Nonce variant of ‡Eng. melancholious, melancholy, gloomy.Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail lxxvii.:
But, Sirs, a wedding-day is no a time for molloncholious moralizing.