balletomanian.
/ˌbalᵻtə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/, /bəˈlɛtəˌmeɪnɪə/, /baˈlɛtəˌmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /bəˌlɛdəˈmeɪniə/, /bæˌlɛdəˈmeɪniə/ Passionate enthusiasm for ballet.
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1934 A. L. Haskell Balletomania 34 The balletomane has always been a thoroughly Russian product... Ballet originated at a Court, flourished under an Emperor, but balletomania is the privilege of no one class.
1937 Times 10 Sept. 13/4 There is every sign that the period of balletomania is over, that the art can now bear rational discussion and criticism.
1968 L. Blanch Journey into Mind's Eye xv. 212 But in 1934, Colonel de Basil's ballet company exploded on London and, overnight, the mystique of ballet and balletomania came into being.
2005 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 27 Feb. e2 Many New Yorkers consider balletomania an avocation... To see dance through a New York lens is to learn to see it a different way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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