dipsomania

Definitions

1. Addiction to alcohol.
   countable, uncountable
2. Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.
   countable, uncountable
3. A strong craving for something.
   broadly, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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

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

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