Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oenomaniac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oeno-ma-ni-ac
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is affected by oenomania, a morbid desire for wine; an alcoholic.

Example Sentences

"It was Erskine Blight-Purley, war hero, Francophile, bibliophile, oenomaniac, and lecher of long standing and renown."
"An oenophile does not become of professional concern to physicians until he becomes an oenomaniac, that is, one who is overly wild about wine."
"We stopped for a refreshing cup of milk, made our introductions, and moved on. The next stop was the Branquinho Ranch for lunch. There, we gave oenomaniac John Branquino his gallon of wine."

Etymology

Fro oeno- + -maniac.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: oeno-
Suffix: -maniac

Inflected Forms

oenomaniacs (plural) œnomaniac (alternative)

Rhymes With

paramaniac dinomaniac euromaniac orchidomaniac hysteromaniac demonomaniac theatromaniac flagellomaniac decalcomaniac micromaniac ethnomaniac sonnettomaniac

Questions

What does oenomaniac mean?: One who is affected by oenomania, a morbid desire for wine; an alcoholic.
Where does oenomaniac come from?: Fro oeno- + -maniac.

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