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dromomania|drɒməˈmeɪnɪə|
[f. Gr. δρόµος running: see -mania.]
A mania for roaming or running. Hence dromoˈmaniac, one who has such a mania; (joc. or slang) an athlete.
1900Dorland Med. Dict., Dromomania. 1907W. James in Philos. Review XVI. 8 Hitherto such freaks of impulse have received Greek names (as bulimia, dromamania, etc.). 1934R. Campbell Broken Record viii. 201 Account for a great athlete or a great poet by translating him..into..Greek..as a dromomaniac or a graphomaniac. 1967Listener 30 Nov. 714/2 The American hobo, tramp, bum, vagrant, transient and dromomaniac. |