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lithomania

lithomania noun: passion for building.

Noun

lithomania (uncountable)

  1. passion for building
    • The patriarch most certainly had a method to his lithomania — nothing less than the complete conversion of Alexandria's urban topography.2006, Christopher Haas, Alexandria in late antiquity: topography and social conflict, page 207

Origin of lithomania

From litho- + -mania.

Questions about lithomania

What does lithomania mean?
Lithomania means passion for building.
What part of speech is lithomania?
Lithomania is a noun.

Words near lithomania in the dictionary

  1. litholopaxy
  2. litholysis
  3. litholytic
  4. litholytics
  5. lithomancy
  6. lithomania
  7. lithomantic
  8. lithomarga
  9. lithomargas
  10. lithomarge
  11. lithomarges

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