dipsomania

English

Etymology

From dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

dipsomania (countable and uncountable, plural dipsomanias)

1. (pathology) Addiction to alcohol.
2. Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.
3. (by extension) A strong craving for something.
   • 1883 November 10, Basil [pseudonym; Richard Ashe King], “A Drawn Game”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, volume XXXII, number 780, page 507, column 1:

     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.

   • 1919 March 31, W[ilhelm] N[ero] P[ilate] Barbellion [pseudonym; Bruce Frederick Cummings], “[1914] November 20”, in The Journal of a Disappointed Man, London: Chatto & Windus, published 27 April 1920 (5th impression), →OCLC, part II (In London), page 155:

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

   • 2010, Scott Patterson, The Quants: How a Small Band of Math Wizards Took Over Wall St. And Nearly Destroyed It, New York, N.Y.: Crown Business, →ISBN, pages 199–200:

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

Translations

addiction to alcohol

• Bulgarian: алкохолизъм (bg) m (alkoholizǎm)
• Estonian: dipsomaania (et)
• Finnish: alkoholismi (fi), juoppous (fi)
• French: dipsomanie (fr) f
• German: Dipsomanie (de) f
• Greek: διψομανία f (dipsomanía)
• Manx: ard-phaays alcoalagh m, sheer-veshtallys m
• Swedish: dipsomani (sv) c

periodic alcoholism

• Esperanto: dipsomanio (eo)
• Finnish: kausijuoppous, dipsomania
• Kazakh: дипсомания (dipsomaniä)
• Russian: дипсома́ния (ru) f (dipsománija)

Further reading

• dipsomania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mapanioids

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English dipsomania).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdipsoˌmɑniɑ/, [ˈdips̠o̞ˌmɑ̝niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): dipso‧mania

Noun

dipsomania

1. dipsomania (periodic alcoholism)

   Synonym: kausijuoppous

Declension

Inflection of dipsomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		dipsomania	dipsomaniat
genitive		dipsomanian	dipsomanioiden dipsomanioitten
partitive		dipsomaniaa	dipsomanioita
illative		dipsomaniaan	dipsomanioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dipsomania	dipsomaniat
accusative	nom.	dipsomania	dipsomaniat
	gen.	dipsomanian
genitive		dipsomanian	dipsomanioiden dipsomanioitten dipsomaniain rare
partitive		dipsomaniaa	dipsomanioita
inessive		dipsomaniassa	dipsomanioissa
elative		dipsomaniasta	dipsomanioista
illative		dipsomaniaan	dipsomanioihin
adessive		dipsomanialla	dipsomanioilla
ablative		dipsomanialta	dipsomanioilta
allative		dipsomanialle	dipsomanioille
essive		dipsomaniana	dipsomanioina
translative		dipsomaniaksi	dipsomanioiksi
abessive		dipsomaniatta	dipsomanioitta
instructive		—	dipsomanioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of dipsomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dipsomaniani dipsomaniani accusative nom. dipsomaniani dipsomaniani gen. dipsomaniani genitive dipsomaniani dipsomanioideni dipsomanioitteni dipsomaniaini rare partitive dipsomaniaani dipsomanioitani inessive dipsomaniassani dipsomanioissani elative dipsomaniastani dipsomanioistani illative dipsomaniaani dipsomanioihini adessive dipsomaniallani dipsomanioillani ablative dipsomanialtani dipsomanioiltani allative dipsomanialleni dipsomanioilleni essive dipsomanianani dipsomanioinani translative dipsomaniakseni dipsomanioikseni abessive dipsomaniattani dipsomanioittani instructive — — comitative — dipsomanioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dipsomaniasi dipsomaniasi accusative nom. dipsomaniasi dipsomaniasi gen. dipsomaniasi genitive dipsomaniasi dipsomanioidesi dipsomanioittesi dipsomaniaisi rare partitive dipsomaniaasi dipsomanioitasi inessive dipsomaniassasi dipsomanioissasi elative dipsomaniastasi dipsomanioistasi illative dipsomaniaasi dipsomanioihisi adessive dipsomaniallasi dipsomanioillasi ablative dipsomanialtasi dipsomanioiltasi allative dipsomaniallesi dipsomanioillesi essive dipsomanianasi dipsomanioinasi translative dipsomaniaksesi dipsomanioiksesi abessive dipsomaniattasi dipsomanioittasi instructive — — comitative — dipsomanioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dipsomaniamme dipsomaniamme accusative nom. dipsomaniamme dipsomaniamme gen. dipsomaniamme genitive dipsomaniamme dipsomanioidemme dipsomanioittemme dipsomaniaimme rare partitive dipsomaniaamme dipsomanioitamme inessive dipsomaniassamme dipsomanioissamme elative dipsomaniastamme dipsomanioistamme illative dipsomaniaamme dipsomanioihimme adessive dipsomaniallamme dipsomanioillamme ablative dipsomanialtamme dipsomanioiltamme allative dipsomaniallemme dipsomanioillemme essive dipsomanianamme dipsomanioinamme translative dipsomaniaksemme dipsomanioiksemme abessive dipsomaniattamme dipsomanioittamme instructive — — comitative — dipsomanioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dipsomanianne dipsomanianne accusative nom. dipsomanianne dipsomanianne gen. dipsomanianne genitive dipsomanianne dipsomanioidenne dipsomanioittenne dipsomaniainne rare partitive dipsomaniaanne dipsomanioitanne inessive dipsomaniassanne dipsomanioissanne elative dipsomaniastanne dipsomanioistanne illative dipsomaniaanne dipsomanioihinne adessive dipsomaniallanne dipsomanioillanne ablative dipsomanialtanne dipsomanioiltanne allative dipsomaniallenne dipsomanioillenne essive dipsomaniananne dipsomanioinanne translative dipsomaniaksenne dipsomanioiksenne abessive dipsomaniattanne dipsomanioittanne instructive — — comitative — dipsomanioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative dipsomaniansa dipsomaniansa accusative nom. dipsomaniansa dipsomaniansa gen. dipsomaniansa genitive dipsomaniansa dipsomanioidensa dipsomanioittensa dipsomaniainsa rare partitive dipsomaniaansa dipsomanioitaan dipsomanioitansa inessive dipsomaniassaan dipsomaniassansa dipsomanioissaan dipsomanioissansa elative dipsomaniastaan dipsomaniastansa dipsomanioistaan dipsomanioistansa illative dipsomaniaansa dipsomanioihinsa adessive dipsomaniallaan dipsomaniallansa dipsomanioillaan dipsomanioillansa ablative dipsomanialtaan dipsomanialtansa dipsomanioiltaan dipsomanioiltansa allative dipsomanialleen dipsomaniallensa dipsomanioilleen dipsomanioillensa essive dipsomanianaan dipsomanianansa dipsomanioinaan dipsomanioinansa translative dipsomaniakseen dipsomaniaksensa dipsomanioikseen dipsomanioiksensa abessive dipsomaniattaan dipsomaniattansa dipsomanioittaan dipsomanioittansa instructive — — comitative — dipsomanioineen dipsomanioinensa

Anagrams

• dipsomaani

Italian

Etymology

Based on Ancient Greek δίψα (dípsa, “thirst”) + μανία (manía).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /di.pso.maˈni.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: di‧pso‧ma‧nì‧a

Noun

dipsomania f (plural dipsomanie)

1. dipsomania

Related terms

• dipsomane