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hydromania

hydromania noun: a morbid craving for water.

Noun

hydromania (uncountable)

  1. A morbid craving for water.
  2. An intense attraction to water.
    • Here, then, are two very different expressions of hydromania, sea-bathing and endurance swimming – the one associated with the pursuit of health, the other with athletic accomplishment; […]2018, Margaret Cohen, Killian Quigley, The Aesthetics of the Undersea
  3. (obsolete) A morbid attraction to suicide by drowning.

Origin of hydromania

From hydro- + -mania.

Questions about hydromania

What does hydromania mean?
Hydromania means a morbid craving for water.
What part of speech is hydromania?
Hydromania is a noun.

Words near hydromania in the dictionary

  1. hydromancer
  2. hydromancers
  3. hydromancie
  4. hydromancies
  5. hydromancy
  6. hydromania
  7. hydromaniac
  8. hydromaniacs
  9. hydromanipulator
  10. hydromantia
  11. hydromantic

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