dipsomaniacn.adj.
A. n.
A person affected with dipsomania; one who suffers from an ungovernable craving for drink.
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dipsomaniac1858
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xenomaniac1879
bibliokleptomaniac1881
opiomaniac1889
nosophile1895
dipso1923
power maniac1943
leprophil1959
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker
supper?1529
blow-bowl1530
drunkard1530
drunkera1538
blow-bottle1580
tippler1580
potman1589
red nose1591
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ply-pot1611
potter1632
pothead1639
pisspot1655
pitcher-man1665
whetter1709
inebriate1794
rummy1843
alcoholic1852
oenomaniac1857
dipsomaniac1858
alcoholizer1880
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potationist1888
lush1890
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alky1944
juice-head1955
alcohol abuser1965
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jakey1988
1858 A. S. Taylor Man. Med. Jurispr. (ed. 6) lxx. 950 The two jurors..considered that she was a dipsomaniac.
1866 London Rev. 13 Oct. 404/2 There are several places where Dipsomaniacs are treated, under the rule and care of religious orders.
1884 R. C. Praed Zéro ix A craving for excitement as keen as that of the dipsomaniac for alcohol.
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