# dipsomania
## English
### Etymology

From dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) +‎ -mania.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪniə

### Noun

dipsomania (countable and uncountable, plural dipsomanias)
* (pathology) Addiction to alcohol.
* Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.
* (by extension) A strong craving for something.
** 1883 November 10, Basil [pseudonym; Richard Ashe King], “A Drawn Game”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, volume XXXII, number 780, page 507, column 1:A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information.
** 1919 March 31, W[ilhelm] N[ero] P[ilate] Barbellion [pseudonym; Bruce Frederick Cummings], “[1914] November 20”, in The Journal of a Disappointed Man, London: Chatto & Windus, published 27 April 1920 (5th impression), →OCLC, part II (In London), page 155:"You must regard my passion for painting," he began once more, "as a sort of dipsomania—I really can't help myself."
** 2010, Scott Patterson, The Quants: How a Small Band of Math Wizards Took Over Wall St. And Nearly Destroyed It, New York, N.Y.: Crown Business, →ISBN, pages 199–200:Such a negative outcome seemed impossible to investors experiencing dot-com dipsomania in late 1999 and early 2000.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* dipsomania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* mapanioids

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English dipsomania).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdipsoˌmɑniɑ/, [ˈdips̠o̞ˌmɑ̝niɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
* Syllabification: dip‧so‧ma‧ni‧a

### Noun

dipsomania
* dipsomania (periodic alcoholism)
    Synonym: kausijuoppous

#### Declension

Possessive forms of dipsomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dipsomaniani
dipsomaniani
accusative
nom.
dipsomaniani
dipsomaniani
gen.
dipsomaniani
genitive
dipsomaniani
dipsomanioideni dipsomanioitteni dipsomaniaini $^{rare}$
partitive
dipsomaniaani
dipsomanioitani
inessive
dipsomaniassani
dipsomanioissani
elative
dipsomaniastani
dipsomanioistani
illative
dipsomaniaani
dipsomanioihini
adessive
dipsomaniallani
dipsomanioillani
ablative
dipsomanialtani
dipsomanioiltani
allative
dipsomanialleni
dipsomanioilleni
essive
dipsomanianani
dipsomanioinani
translative
dipsomaniakseni
dipsomanioikseni
abessive
dipsomaniattani
dipsomanioittani
instructive
comitative
—dipsomanioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dipsomaniasi
dipsomaniasi
accusative
nom.
dipsomaniasi
dipsomaniasi
gen.
dipsomaniasi
genitive
dipsomaniasi
dipsomanioidesi dipsomanioittesi dipsomaniaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
dipsomaniaasi
dipsomanioitasi
inessive
dipsomaniassasi
dipsomanioissasi
elative
dipsomaniastasi
dipsomanioistasi
illative
dipsomaniaasi
dipsomanioihisi
adessive
dipsomaniallasi
dipsomanioillasi
ablative
dipsomanialtasi
dipsomanioiltasi
allative
dipsomaniallesi
dipsomanioillesi
essive
dipsomanianasi
dipsomanioinasi
translative
dipsomaniaksesi
dipsomanioiksesi
abessive
dipsomaniattasi
dipsomanioittasi
instructive
comitative
—dipsomanioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dipsomaniamme
dipsomaniamme
accusative
nom.
dipsomaniamme
dipsomaniamme
gen.
dipsomaniamme
genitive
dipsomaniamme
dipsomanioidemme dipsomanioittemme dipsomaniaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
dipsomaniaamme
dipsomanioitamme
inessive
dipsomaniassamme
dipsomanioissamme
elative
dipsomaniastamme
dipsomanioistamme
illative
dipsomaniaamme
dipsomanioihimme
adessive
dipsomaniallamme
dipsomanioillamme
ablative
dipsomanialtamme
dipsomanioiltamme
allative
dipsomaniallemme
dipsomanioillemme
essive
dipsomanianamme
dipsomanioinamme
translative
dipsomaniaksemme
dipsomanioiksemme
abessive
dipsomaniattamme
dipsomanioittamme
instructive
comitative
—dipsomanioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dipsomanianne
dipsomanianne
accusative
nom.
dipsomanianne
dipsomanianne
gen.
dipsomanianne
genitive
dipsomanianne
dipsomanioidenne dipsomanioittenne dipsomaniainne $^{rare}$
partitive
dipsomaniaanne
dipsomanioitanne
inessive
dipsomaniassanne
dipsomanioissanne
elative
dipsomaniastanne
dipsomanioistanne
illative
dipsomaniaanne
dipsomanioihinne
adessive
dipsomaniallanne
dipsomanioillanne
ablative
dipsomanialtanne
dipsomanioiltanne
allative
dipsomaniallenne
dipsomanioillenne
essive
dipsomaniananne
dipsomanioinanne
translative
dipsomaniaksenne
dipsomanioiksenne
abessive
dipsomaniattanne
dipsomanioittanne
instructive
comitative
—dipsomanioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
dipsomaniansa
dipsomaniansa
accusative
nom.
dipsomaniansa
dipsomaniansa
gen.
dipsomaniansa
genitive
dipsomaniansa
dipsomanioidensa dipsomanioittensa dipsomaniainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
dipsomaniaansa
dipsomanioitaan dipsomanioitansa
inessive
dipsomaniassaan dipsomaniassansa
dipsomanioissaan dipsomanioissansa
elative
dipsomaniastaan dipsomaniastansa
dipsomanioistaan dipsomanioistansa
illative
dipsomaniaansa
dipsomanioihinsa
adessive
dipsomaniallaan dipsomaniallansa
dipsomanioillaan dipsomanioillansa
ablative
dipsomanialtaan dipsomanialtansa
dipsomanioiltaan dipsomanioiltansa
allative
dipsomanialleen dipsomaniallensa
dipsomanioilleen dipsomanioillensa
essive
dipsomanianaan dipsomanianansa
dipsomanioinaan dipsomanioinansa
translative
dipsomaniakseen dipsomaniaksensa
dipsomanioikseen dipsomanioiksensa
abessive
dipsomaniattaan dipsomaniattansa
dipsomanioittaan dipsomanioittansa
instructive
comitative
—dipsomanioineen dipsomanioinensa :

### Anagrams

* dipsomaani

## Italian
### Etymology

Based on Ancient Greek δίψα (dípsa, “thirst”) + μανία (manía).

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ia
* IPA: /di.pso.maˈni.a/
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: di‧pso‧ma‧nì‧a

### Noun

dipsomania f (plural dipsomanie)
* dipsomania

#### Related terms

* dipsomane