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noun
Hyperenthusiasm for tulips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Broader terms: florimania, mania
noun
Such enthusiasm (or the period of its duration) during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed (1634–1637); it is widely considered the first speculative bubble (asset bubble).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology tree English tulip Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -mania English tulipomania From tulip + -o- + -mania.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
