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单词 rinkomania
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rinkomanian.

Brit. /rɪŋkəˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌrɪŋkəˈmeɪniə/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rink n.2, -o- connective, -mania comb. form.
Etymology: < rink n.2 + -o- connective + -mania comb. form. Compare earlier rinking n. and also rinkist n.
A passion for skating on rinks, esp. the popular roller-skating craze of the 1870s.
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1876 World 5 3 The mischief which must..ensue if the pest of rinkomania became popular.
1887 J. S. Little S. Afr.; Sketch Bk. (ed. 2) iii. 22 Rinkomania, of a very pronounced type affected colonists.
1922 C. L. Graves Mr. Punch's Hist. Mod. Eng. III. ii. 303 Roller-skating has temporarily disappeared. In the 'seventies ‘Rinkomania’ was a short-lived but acute malady.
2004 Independent 4 Nov. (Review section) 7/3 Does any of this explain the current outbreak of seasonal ‘rinkomania’? It would be pushing a point to say that skating was, by and large, sexy.

Derivatives

rinkomaniac n. Obsolete a person with a passion for (roller) skating.
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1876 All Year Round 18 Mar. 19/1 Now that a perfect roller-skate is produced, and rinkomaniacs are made happy, real ice is about to vindicate its rights.
1876 Punch 22 Apr. 159/2 Spite of the fashion, this clever gentleman is not a Rinkomaniac—yet !
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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