etheromaniacn.
/ˌiːθərə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak/, U.S. /ˌiθəroʊˈmeɪniˌæk/, /ˌiθərəˈmeɪniˌæk/ Now historical and rare.
A person affected with etheromania; an ether addict. Cf. etherist n. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict > addicted to ether
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etherist1888
1883 New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Nov. (heading) 355 An ætheromaniac [Fr. Un éthéromane]. By Dr. Sedan. (Gazette des Hopitaux.)
1894 N. Kerr Inebriety (ed. 3) viii. 138 A gentleman aged 35, had been an etheromaniac for 3 years.
1902 O. Uzanne in C. Dell tr. G. de Maupassant Pierre & Jean 235 A Maupassant in the full vigour of manhood, in whom it would have been difficult to predict a future etheromaniac, or a predestined victim of hereditary paralysis.
1971 L. Grinspoon Marihuana Reconsidered xiii. 386 The use of ether became so widespread that in one area of Ulster an eighth of the population were labeled ‘etheromaniacs’.
2006 New Scientist 5 Aug. 21/3 The water cooled the mouth sufficiently for the imbiber to get the ether down, although seasoned etheromaniacs could get away without it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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