"matrimania" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: matri(mony) + -mania Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} matrimania (uncountable)
  1. Excessive enthusiasm for a wedding or weddings in general. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Marriage

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          "ref": "2007, Erin Torneo, Valerie Cabrera Krause, The Bridal Wave: A Survival Guide to the Everyone-I-Know-Is-Getting-Married Years, Villard Books, page 10",
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          "ref": "2013, Carlin Flora, Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are, Doubleday",
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