Definition of dipsomania in English:

dipsomania

noun ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪəˌdɪpsəˈmeɪniə

mass noun

Alcoholism, specifically in a form characterized by intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol.
Example sentencesExamples
- The good news is I was already in therapy because of her dipsomania, and it was a free program!
- Most of the world exists between the extremes of abstinence (Indonesia and Yemen bring up the rear) and the dipsomania of a Slovenia or a South Korea.
- He died of drink - not the social drinking which leads so often to ruin here - but the fiery, passionate dipsomania which is a common disease even in the very best circles of the Scandinavian countries.
- Alongside Faye Dunaway, Rourke trashed his glamorous image to drag the audience into an abyss of dipsomania.
- Did I mention I have fairly severe dipsomania?
- He gossips about the dipsomania in town whilst tracking down and smashing stills.
- These characters could inhabit an early Waugh but not a later one, where dipsomania is not a joke but a debilitating disease that wrecks lives.
- He suffered from dipsomania (excessive bouts of drinking) and died at the age of 42.
- When he sings about his marauding dipsomania and the opposite sex tearing his heart from his body, then stamping and twisting their heel into his hyper-sensitive organ on the squalid street, it rings true.
- It's a beverage selection that neither Flandrau nor Fitzgerald, kindred spirits in dipsomania, would have approved of.
- Blair spends much of the book whining about his dipsomania and sexually perverted thoughts.
- But for Blairites to attack Brown for networking, briefing the press and installing placemen is a little like an alcoholic accusing a social drinker of dipsomania.
Synonyms
drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation, tipsiness

Derivatives

dipsomaniac

noundɪpsəˈmeɪnɪak

An alcoholic, especially one who experiences intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol.
surely no one would employ a dipsomaniac as a barman
Example sentencesExamples
- Danny was downbeat and self-absorbed, reeling from one personal incident to the next like a ship without a compass, and his friends were a mixed bunch of dipsomaniacs and egotists.
- At the tube a group of dipsomaniacs chose to come to a halt right in front of ticket barrier I was trying to get through.
- When all the local timber was harvested, the loggers would move on, leaving their ramshackles behind, and by 1915 skid row came to mean a cheap, disreputable district, usually populated by dives and dipsomaniacs.

dipsomaniacal

adjective

In that time, he's chronicled the carnage of teenage psychopaths and femme fatales, dipsomaniacal tramps and millionaire dope fiends.
Example sentencesExamples
- This prefigured emerging gendered notions of intemperance which regarded drunkenness as basically a male vice that afflicted women through the abuse visited upon them by dipsomaniacal husbands and fathers.
- But although New Yorkers tell tales about great aunts and dipsomaniacal uncles carried off to Bellevue, and the guides on Circle Line tour boats describe it as a mental institution, Bellevue is a general hospital.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek dipso- (from dipsa 'thirst') + -mania.

Rhymes

Albania, balletomania, bibliomania, crania, egomania, erotomania, kleptomania, Lithuania, Lusitania, mania, Mauritania, megalomania, miscellanea, monomania, nymphomania, Pennsylvania, Pomerania, pyromania, Rainier, Romania, Ruritania, Tasmania, Transylvania, Urania

Definition of dipsomania in US English:

dipsomania

nounˌdɪpsəˈmeɪniəˌdipsəˈmānēə

Alcoholism, specifically in a form characterized by intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol.
Example sentencesExamples
- But for Blairites to attack Brown for networking, briefing the press and installing placemen is a little like an alcoholic accusing a social drinker of dipsomania.
- Most of the world exists between the extremes of abstinence (Indonesia and Yemen bring up the rear) and the dipsomania of a Slovenia or a South Korea.
- Alongside Faye Dunaway, Rourke trashed his glamorous image to drag the audience into an abyss of dipsomania.
- These characters could inhabit an early Waugh but not a later one, where dipsomania is not a joke but a debilitating disease that wrecks lives.
- He suffered from dipsomania (excessive bouts of drinking) and died at the age of 42.
- It's a beverage selection that neither Flandrau nor Fitzgerald, kindred spirits in dipsomania, would have approved of.
- The good news is I was already in therapy because of her dipsomania, and it was a free program!
- He gossips about the dipsomania in town whilst tracking down and smashing stills.
- When he sings about his marauding dipsomania and the opposite sex tearing his heart from his body, then stamping and twisting their heel into his hyper-sensitive organ on the squalid street, it rings true.
- Did I mention I have fairly severe dipsomania?
- He died of drink - not the social drinking which leads so often to ruin here - but the fiery, passionate dipsomania which is a common disease even in the very best circles of the Scandinavian countries.
- Blair spends much of the book whining about his dipsomania and sexually perverted thoughts.
Synonyms
drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation, tipsiness

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek dipso- (from dipsa ‘thirst’) + -mania.

单词	dipsomania
释义	Definition of dipsomania in English: dipsomania noun ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪəˌdɪpsəˈmeɪniə mass noun Alcoholism, specifically in a form characterized by intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol. Example sentencesExamples The good news is I was already in therapy because of her dipsomania, and it was a free program! Most of the world exists between the extremes of abstinence (Indonesia and Yemen bring up the rear) and the dipsomania of a Slovenia or a South Korea. He died of drink - not the social drinking which leads so often to ruin here - but the fiery, passionate dipsomania which is a common disease even in the very best circles of the Scandinavian countries. Alongside Faye Dunaway, Rourke trashed his glamorous image to drag the audience into an abyss of dipsomania. Did I mention I have fairly severe dipsomania? He gossips about the dipsomania in town whilst tracking down and smashing stills. These characters could inhabit an early Waugh but not a later one, where dipsomania is not a joke but a debilitating disease that wrecks lives. He suffered from dipsomania (excessive bouts of drinking) and died at the age of 42. When he sings about his marauding dipsomania and the opposite sex tearing his heart from his body, then stamping and twisting their heel into his hyper-sensitive organ on the squalid street, it rings true. It's a beverage selection that neither Flandrau nor Fitzgerald, kindred spirits in dipsomania, would have approved of. Blair spends much of the book whining about his dipsomania and sexually perverted thoughts. But for Blairites to attack Brown for networking, briefing the press and installing placemen is a little like an alcoholic accusing a social drinker of dipsomania. Synonyms drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation, tipsiness Derivatives dipsomaniac noundɪpsəˈmeɪnɪak An alcoholic, especially one who experiences intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol. surely no one would employ a dipsomaniac as a barman Example sentencesExamples Danny was downbeat and self-absorbed, reeling from one personal incident to the next like a ship without a compass, and his friends were a mixed bunch of dipsomaniacs and egotists. At the tube a group of dipsomaniacs chose to come to a halt right in front of ticket barrier I was trying to get through. When all the local timber was harvested, the loggers would move on, leaving their ramshackles behind, and by 1915 skid row came to mean a cheap, disreputable district, usually populated by dives and dipsomaniacs. dipsomaniacal adjective In that time, he's chronicled the carnage of teenage psychopaths and femme fatales, dipsomaniacal tramps and millionaire dope fiends. Example sentencesExamples This prefigured emerging gendered notions of intemperance which regarded drunkenness as basically a male vice that afflicted women through the abuse visited upon them by dipsomaniacal husbands and fathers. But although New Yorkers tell tales about great aunts and dipsomaniacal uncles carried off to Bellevue, and the guides on Circle Line tour boats describe it as a mental institution, Bellevue is a general hospital. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek dipso- (from dipsa 'thirst') + -mania. Rhymes Albania, balletomania, bibliomania, crania, egomania, erotomania, kleptomania, Lithuania, Lusitania, mania, Mauritania, megalomania, miscellanea, monomania, nymphomania, Pennsylvania, Pomerania, pyromania, Rainier, Romania, Ruritania, Tasmania, Transylvania, Urania Definition of dipsomania in US English: dipsomania nounˌdɪpsəˈmeɪniəˌdipsəˈmānēə Alcoholism, specifically in a form characterized by intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol. Example sentencesExamples But for Blairites to attack Brown for networking, briefing the press and installing placemen is a little like an alcoholic accusing a social drinker of dipsomania. Most of the world exists between the extremes of abstinence (Indonesia and Yemen bring up the rear) and the dipsomania of a Slovenia or a South Korea. Alongside Faye Dunaway, Rourke trashed his glamorous image to drag the audience into an abyss of dipsomania. These characters could inhabit an early Waugh but not a later one, where dipsomania is not a joke but a debilitating disease that wrecks lives. He suffered from dipsomania (excessive bouts of drinking) and died at the age of 42. It's a beverage selection that neither Flandrau nor Fitzgerald, kindred spirits in dipsomania, would have approved of. The good news is I was already in therapy because of her dipsomania, and it was a free program! He gossips about the dipsomania in town whilst tracking down and smashing stills. When he sings about his marauding dipsomania and the opposite sex tearing his heart from his body, then stamping and twisting their heel into his hyper-sensitive organ on the squalid street, it rings true. Did I mention I have fairly severe dipsomania? He died of drink - not the social drinking which leads so often to ruin here - but the fiery, passionate dipsomania which is a common disease even in the very best circles of the Scandinavian countries. Blair spends much of the book whining about his dipsomania and sexually perverted thoughts. Synonyms drunkenness, intoxication, inebriation, tipsiness Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek dipso- (from dipsa ‘thirst’) + -mania.
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