dipsomania

/ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

late

VERB + DIPSOMANIA

afflicted, experiencing, sort

DIPSOMANIA + NOUN

information

PREP.

in, with

ADV.

really

Definitions

noun

Addiction to alcohol.

Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.

A strong craving for something.

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.

"You must regard my passion for painting," he began once more, "as a sort of dipsomania—I really can't help myself."

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Synonyms

noun — an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to

alcoholism
potomania

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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.

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"You must regard my passion for painting," he began once more, "as a sort of dipsomania—I really can't help myself."

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Such a negative outcome seemed impossible to investors experiencing dot-com dipsomania in late 1999 and early 2000.

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