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dipsomaniacs

dipsomaniacs is the plural of dipsomaniac.

Meaning of dipsomaniac

Noun

dipsomaniac (plural dipsomaniacs)

  1. One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
    • The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.1909, G. K. Chesterton, “The Progressive”, in George Bernard Shaw, New York: John Lane, page 54
  2. A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.
    Synonyms:
    alcoholic

Questions about dipsomaniacs

What is dipsomaniacs the plural of?
Dipsomaniacs is the plural of dipsomaniac.

Words near dipsomaniacs in the dictionary

  1. dipsogens
  2. dipsology
  3. dipsomania
  4. dipsomaniac
  5. dipsomaniacal
  6. dipsomaniacs
  7. dipsomanias
  8. dipsopathic
  9. dipsopathy
  10. dipsophobia
  11. dipsos

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