dipsomania

English

Etymology

From dipso- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪniə

Noun

dipsomania (countable and uncountable, plural dipsomanias)

  1. (medicine) Addiction to alcohol.
  2. Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

dipsomania

  1. dipsomania (periodic alcoholism)

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
dipsomaniainrare
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
instructive — dipsomanioin
abessive dipsomaniatta dipsomanioitta
comitative — dipsomanioineen

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dip.so.maˈni.a/
  • Hyphenation: dip‧so‧ma‧nì‧a

Noun

dipsomania f (plural dipsomanie)

  1. dipsomania
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