depressive
noun/dɪˈpresɪv/
/dɪˈpresɪv/
- a person who is affected by the medical condition of depression Many people dislike this use and prefer to say that somebody is depressed or has depression rather than refer to them as ‘a depressive’.Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French dépressif, -ive or medieval Latin depressivus, from depress- ‘pressed down’, from the verb deprimere ‘press down’.
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