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gamomaniac

/ɡæməˈmeɪnɪæk/

gamomaniac adjective: pertaining to gamomania.

Adjective

gamomaniac (comparative more gamomaniac, superlative most gamomaniac)

  1. Pertaining to gamomania.

Noun

gamomaniac (plural gamomaniacs)

  1. Someone suffering from gamomania; a person having a morbid obsession with marriage.
    • Lindsay Noseworth, the diagnosed gamomaniac, would be hit hardest of all, at no more than the first sidelong smudge of Primula's appearance.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1159

Forms of gamomaniac

Adjective
comparativemore gamomaniac
superlativemost gamomaniac
Noun
pluralgamomaniacs

Origin of gamomaniac

From gamomania.

Questions about gamomaniac

What does gamomaniac mean?
Gamomaniac means pertaining to gamomania.
What part of speech is gamomaniac?
Gamomaniac can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce gamomaniac?
Gamomaniac is pronounced /ɡæməˈmeɪnɪæk/.

Words near gamomaniac in the dictionary

  1. gamogenetically
  2. gamogenic
  3. gamogony
  4. gamolenic acid
  5. gamomania
  6. gamomaniac
  7. gamomaniacs
  8. gamomanias
  9. Gamon
  10. Gamons
  11. gamont

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