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Excessive thirst; excessive water consumption. In quot. 1661 figurative.
†(a) drunkenness resulting from contamination of a water supply with alcohol (obsolete rare); (b) a condition resulting from excessive water intake…
A morbid condition characterized by headache, sleeplessness, and palpitation of the heart, caused by excessive tea-drinking.