ETYMOLOGY
– a jocular corruption of melancholy
EXAMPLE
“…The devil was a little colli-mollie, and would not come off…”
From: A Glossary, Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc.
By Robert Nares, 1822
Word of the Day: COLLI-MOLLY
Lexicophilia 