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Definition of Low spirits
1. Noun. A state of mild depression.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Low Spirits
Literary usage of Low spirits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1913)
"Low SPIRITS, ANXIETY ... paroxysm of grief, and the cause still continues, we
fall into a state of low spirits; or we may be utterly cast down and dejected. ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"To hip means to make melancholy ; to fret ; to make one dismal or gloomy with
forebodings. Hipped means melancholy, in low spirits. •' For one short montent ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Doing time (thieves) refers to a term of imprisonment. Doldrums (nautical and
provincial), trouble, low spirits, worri- ment. ..."
4. First Lines of the Practice of Physic by William Cullen (1808)
"... OR low spirits. 1222. IN certam persons there is a state of mind distinguished
by a concurrence pf the following circumstances: a languor, listlessness, ..."
5. Faber's Hymns by Frederick William Faber (1894)
"low spirits. FEVER, and fret, and aimless stir, And disappointed strife, All
chafing unsuccessful things, Make up the sum of life. Love adds anxiety to toil ..."
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