Dipsomania

//ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Addiction to alcohol. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess wordnet
  3. 3
    Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A strong craving for something. broadly, countable, uncountable

    "A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information."

Synonyms

All synonyms
a habitabuliaacquired toleranceacute alcoholismaddictednessaddiction

Example

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"A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information."

Etymology

From dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) + -mania.

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