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POTOMANIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potomania mean?
• POTOMANIA (noun)
The noun POTOMANIA has 1 sense:
1. an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
Familiarity information: POTOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting goals
Synonyms:
alcoholism; dipsomania; potomania
Hypernyms ("potomania" is a kind of...):
cacoethes; mania; passion (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)
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