tulipomania

[ too-luh-puh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]

/ ˌtu lə pəˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə /

noun

(in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color.

Origin of tulipomania

First recorded in 1700–10; tulip + -o- + -mania

Words nearby tulipomania

Tuléar, tule fog, tule perch, tulip, tulip chair, tulipomania, tulip tree, tulipwood, Tull, Tullahoma, Tullamore

Example sentences from the Web for tulipomania

Their craze is known in history as the Tulipomania, because it was a mania about tulips.
The Humbugs of the World|P. T. Barnum
There were some curious incidents in the course of the tulipomania.
The Humbugs of the World|P. T. Barnum
The reader has probably heard of the Tulipomania once carried to so great an excess in Holland.
Flowers and Flower-Gardens|David Lester Richardson
Great medical virtues were attributed to the so-called horn, and the price it once bore outdoes everything in the Tulipomania.
Eccentricities of the Animal Creation.|John Timbs

单词	tulipomania
释义	tulipomania [ too-luh-puh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ] / ˌtu lə pəˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə / noun (in 17th-century Holland) a widespread obsession with tulips, especially of highly prized varieties, as those of a streaked, variegated, or unusual color. Origin of tulipomania First recorded in 1700–10; tulip + -o- + -mania Words nearby tulipomania Tuléar, tule fog, tule perch, tulip, tulip chair, tulipomania, tulip tree, tulipwood, Tull, Tullahoma, Tullamore Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tulipomania Their craze is known in history as the Tulipomania, because it was a mania about tulips. The Humbugs of the World\|P. T. Barnum There were some curious incidents in the course of the tulipomania. The Humbugs of the World\|P. T. Barnum The reader has probably heard of the Tulipomania once carried to so great an excess in Holland. Flowers and Flower-Gardens\|David Lester Richardson Great medical virtues were attributed to the so-called horn, and the price it once bore outdoes everything in the Tulipomania. Eccentricities of the Animal Creation.\|John Timbs
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