dipsomanianoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdɪp.səˈmeɪ.ni.ə/us/ˌdɪp.səˈmeɪ.ni.ə/a strong need to drink alcohol
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Addiction
- -aholic
- addicted
- addictive
- alcoholism
- alky
- be a slave to sth idiom
- chemical dependency
- compulsive
- cure
- cure sb of sth
- detoxification
- dipsomaniac
- drunk
- drunkard
- dry out
- kick
- pledge
- the DTs
- wean sb off sth
- withdrawal symptoms
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Examples from literature
- It may be a far more remote inheritance that has started the degenerative psychosis that results in either insanity, feeble-mindedness, dipsomania, or "general debility of character."