"dipsomania" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ [UK] Forms: dipsomanias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: From dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) + -mania. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|dipso-|-mania|t1=thirst; drinking}} dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) + -mania Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dipsomania (countable and uncountable, plural dipsomanias)
  1. (pathology) Addiction to alcohol. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases Translations (addiction to alcohol): алкохолизъм (alkoholizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), dipsomaania (Estonian), alkoholismi (Finnish), juoppous (Finnish), dipsomanie [feminine] (French), Dipsomanie [feminine] (German), διψομανία (dipsomanía) [feminine] (Greek), ard-phaays alcoalagh [masculine] (Manx), sheer-veshtallys [masculine] (Manx), dipsomani [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dipsomania-en-noun-Ebxc~b4R Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'addiction to alcohol': 91 7 1
  2. Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Alcoholism, Manias Translations (periodic alcoholism): dipsomanio (Esperanto), kausijuoppous (Finnish), dipsomania (Finnish), дипсомания (dipsomaniä) (Kazakh), дипсома́ния (dipsománija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dipsomania-en-noun-SfE~unVM Disambiguation of Alcoholism: 29 69 2 Disambiguation of Manias: 30 68 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dipso-, English terms suffixed with -mania, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 67 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dipso-: 21 62 17 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mania: 36 52 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 65 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 72 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 79 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 18 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 73 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 75 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 66 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 18 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 18 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 74 8 Disambiguation of 'periodic alcoholism': 17 83 1
  3. (by extension) A strong craving for something. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dipsomania-en-noun-q1eUhl~X

Inflected forms

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