"metromania" meaning in English

See metromania in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-metromania.wav Forms: metromanias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: From metro- + -mania. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|metro|mania}} metro- + -mania Head templates: {{en-noun}} metromania (plural metromanias)
  1. A mania for writing poetry, especially doggerel.
    Sense id: en-metromania-en-noun-774Kll5m
  2. A mania for measurements or statistics.
    Sense id: en-metromania-en-noun-KRmwW8p8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with metro-, English terms suffixed with -mania, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with metro-: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -mania: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: metromaniac

Inflected forms

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