dipsomania C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˌdɪpsəˈmeɪniə/ UK /ˌdɪpsəˈmeɪnɪə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic drink His dipsomania eventually cost him his career and his family. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an uncontrollable craving... alcoholismdrunkennessintemperanceinebriety ↔ Opposites sobrietyabstinencetemperance Word family Forms dipsos Derived forms dipsomaniacdipsomaniacal Etymology AI details A 19th-century medical coinage from Ancient Greek dipsa ('thirst') plus mania ('madness, frenzy'); literally 'thirst-madness.' dípsa Ancient Greek manía Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dipsomania **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌdɪpsəˈmeɪniə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌdɪpsəˈmeɪnɪə/ ## Meanings 1. an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic drink ## Examples - His dipsomania eventually cost him his career and his family. ## Synonyms - alcoholism - drunkenness - intemperance - inebriety ## Antonyms - sobriety - abstinence - temperance ## Derived Forms - dipsomaniac - dipsomaniacal ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dípsa - Root: manía ## Etymology A 19th-century medical coinage from Ancient Greek dipsa ('thirst') plus mania ('madness, frenzy'); literally 'thirst-madness.' ## AI Etymology Dipsomania is a 19th-century medical coinage from Ancient Greek dipsa ('thirst') plus mania ('madness, frenzy'); literally 'thirst-madness.'. The ancestry passes through Ancient Greek dípsa and Ancient Greek manía. In present use as a noun, it means "an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic drink", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Derived forms include dipsomaniac and dipsomaniacal. Its contrast set includes sobriety, abstinence, and temperance, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown