English to English
dipsomania
(,d/I/ps/@/'m/eI/n/i//@/
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noun (n)
- an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess(noun.motive)source: wordnet30
- A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.(noun)source: webster1913