DIPSOMANIA Definition & Meaning

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dipsomania

[ dip-suh-mey-nee-uh, -soh- ]

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(no longer in technical use) an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drinks.

dipsomania

/ ˌ��ɪ��əʊˈ��ɪ��ɪə /

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First recorded in 1835–45; from New Latin, from Greek ��í��(��) “thirst” + -o- connecting vowel + ��í�� “enthusiasm (for)”; -o- -mania

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C19: New Latin, from Greek dipsa thirst + -mania

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For the record, Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the noun “dipsomania” as “an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors.”

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For the record, Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the noun dipsomania as “an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic liquors.”

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Alcoholism - also known as dipsomania - was starting to have a serious impact on communities.

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Tr�lat, in his work 'Folie Lucide,' states that a lady of regular life and economical habits was subject to fits of uncontrollable dipsomania.

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One of the most frequently discussed conditions of supposed pathological inheritance of this order is dipsomania.

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