Dipsomania

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an addiction to alcohol
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathol, an irresistible and insatiable craving for intoxicants.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
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