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potomania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
po-to-ma-nia
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An excessive and persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages.

Uncountable

noun

A hypoosmolality disease caused by excessive beer drinking.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin pōtō (“to drink (liquor)”) + -mania.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

alcoholism

Synonyms

dipsomania alcoholism

Questions

What does potomania mean?
An excessive and persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages.
Where does potomania come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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