oniomanian.

Brit.

/ˌəʊnɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə/,

/ˌəʊnɪəʊˈmeɪnjə/, U.S.

/ˈˌoʊnioʊˈmeɪniə/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek ὤνιος , -mania comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὤνιος for sale ( < ὦνος price paid, purchase ( < ὠνεῖσθαι to buy, cognate with classical Latin vēnum that which is sold or for sale: see venal adj.²) + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives) + -mania comb. form, after German Oniomanie (1892 in the passage translated in quot. 1895).

A compulsive urge to buy things; an uncontrollable desire for acquisition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > other compulsions

kleptomania1830

klopemania1855

arithmomania1892

onychophagia1894

oniomania1895

onychophagy1898

trichotillomania1905

1895 tr. ‘M. Nordau’ Degeneration iii. i. 242 Erotomania (love madness), arithmomania (madness of numbers), oniomania [Ger. Oniomanie] (madness for buying).

1935 L. Brink tr. W. Stekel Sadism & Masochism II. xvi. 238 During the entire day he is driven by his oniomania to buying all sorts of things.

1992 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xxi I have a passion for shopping. It's not oniomania (the compulsion to buy) because I am quite happy just browsing.

2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. Today, 15 million people suffer from the condition—clinically known as oniomania—in America alone.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oniomania
释义	oniomanian. Brit. /ˌəʊnɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə/, /ˌəʊnɪəʊˈmeɪnjə/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊnioʊˈmeɪniə/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: Greek ὤνιος , -mania comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὤνιος for sale ( < ὦνος price paid, purchase ( < ὠνεῖσθαι to buy, cognate with classical Latin vēnum that which is sold or for sale: see venal adj.²) + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives) + -mania comb. form, after German Oniomanie (1892 in the passage translated in quot. 1895). A compulsive urge to buy things; an uncontrollable desire for acquisition. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > other compulsions kleptomania1830 klopemania1855 arithmomania1892 onychophagia1894 oniomania1895 onychophagy1898 trichotillomania1905 1895 tr. ‘M. Nordau’ Degeneration iii. i. 242 Erotomania (love madness), arithmomania (madness of numbers), oniomania [Ger. Oniomanie] (madness for buying). 1935 L. Brink tr. W. Stekel Sadism & Masochism II. xvi. 238 During the entire day he is driven by his oniomania to buying all sorts of things. 1992 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xxi I have a passion for shopping. It's not oniomania (the compulsion to buy) because I am quite happy just browsing. 2001 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. Today, 15 million people suffer from the condition—clinically known as oniomania—in America alone. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895
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