意味(日本語)

(医)飲酒狂 ◇Gk.dipsa(＝のどがかわいた)＋mania

語源

• mani- : Gk.mania=（熱中、狂気）

意味(英語)

• (noun) An insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages.

例文

• Indeed, the bad name that proverbially hangs the dog has already been given to the one under consideration, for bibliomania is older in the technology of this kind of nosology than dipsomania, which is now understood to be an almost established ground for seclusion, and deprivation of the management of one's own affairs.