a. Obs. rare–1. Nares suggests ‘A jocular corruption of the word melancholy.’
1603. Harsnet, Pop. Impost., 117. The deuil was a little Colli-mollie, & would not come off.
a. Obs. rare–1. Nares suggests ‘A jocular corruption of the word melancholy.’
1603. Harsnet, Pop. Impost., 117. The deuil was a little Colli-mollie, & would not come off.
