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dipsomania

[dip-suh-mey-nee-uh, -soh-] / ˌdɪp səˈmeɪ ni ə, -soʊ- /










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No "psychological" picture is complete nowadays without a case of amnesia, schizophrenia, paranoia or at least galloping dipsomania.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had the Thin Man's pace, bounce and snappy dialogue, exciting murder and air of amiable dipsomania.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of the cases of hereditary dipsomania are almost surely of this character.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

Pessimism is a form of mental dipsomania, it disdains healthy nourishment, indulges in the strong drink of denunciation, and creates an artificial dejection which thirsts for a stronger draught.

From Sadhana : the realisation of life by Rabindranath Tagore

Tell me, how soon can you cure a man of—of dipsomania?…

From In Secret by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers




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