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noun
Addiction to alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A strong craving for something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: alcoholism, potomania
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mania, passion, cacoethes
History
From dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) + -mania.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
