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单词 dromomania
释义

dromomanian.

/drɒməˈmeɪnɪə/
Etymology: < Greek δρόμος running: see -mania comb. form.
A mania for roaming or running.
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1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 213/1 Dromomania.
1907 W. James in Philos. Rev. 16 8 Hitherto such freaks of impulse have received Greek names (as bulimia, dromamania, etc.).

Derivatives

dromoˈmaniac n. one who has such a mania; (jocular or slang) an athlete.
ΚΠ
1934 R. Campbell Broken Rec. viii. 201 Account for a great athlete or a great poet by translating him..into..Greek..as a dromomaniac or a graphomaniac.
1967 Listener 30 Nov. 714/2 The American hobo, tramp, bum, vagrant, transient and dromomaniac.
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