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oenomania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oeno-ma-nia
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Morbid desire for wine; dipsomania; alcoholism.

Uncountable

Etymology

From oeno- + -mania, from Ancient Greek: οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) combined with μανία (manía, “insanity”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

enomania (alternative) œnomania (alternative) oinomania (alternative)

Questions

What does oenomania mean?
Morbid desire for wine; dipsomania; alcoholism.
Where does oenomania come from?
From oeno- + -mania, from Ancient Greek: οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) combined with μανία (manía, “insanity”).

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