dipsomania
[dip-suh-mey-nee-uh, -soh-]
- an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.
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Origin of dipsomania
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Historical Examples
It's best not to be too intelligent about insanity and dipsomania and all the other hereditary details.
Dear EnemyJean Webster
Then I remembered our enthusiasm over the Palace of Dipsomania.
The Belovd VagabondWilliam J. Locke
It is, however, as an authority on dipsomania that he is best known.
The Quiver, 2/1900Various
From this it is but a step to dipsomania, which can often be cured.
Psychical MiscellaneaJ. Arthur Hill
They may show themselves in periodical acts, as in dipsomania.
DegeneracyEugene S. Talbot
dipsomania
- a compulsive desire to drink alcoholic beverages
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Word Origin
C19: New Latin, from Greek dipsa thirst + -mania
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Word Origin and History for dipsomania
n.
1843, "morbid craving for alcohol," coined in medical Latin from Greek dipsa "thirst" (of unknown origin) + mania.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
dipsomania
(dĭp′sə-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə)- An insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages.
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