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stampomania

stampomania noun: a passion for collecting postage stamps.

Noun

stampomania (uncountable)

  1. A passion for collecting postage stamps.
    • A few years ago grey-haired people as well as little children were seized with the stampomania, and then our most secret drawers, our most private papers, our most loving letters of bygone years were ransacked by our best friends […]1865, North Peat
    • Briefly, this story tells of the adventures of a commercial traveler afflicted with "stampomania." This amiable and garrulous gentleman falls in with a druggist somewhere in the states and at each recurring trip manages to entangle himself and the weak knight of the pestle in the enchanting and...1899, Western Druggist, volume 21, page 81

Origin of stampomania

From stamp + -o- + -mania.

Questions about stampomania

What does stampomania mean?
Stampomania means a passion for collecting postage stamps.
What part of speech is stampomania?
Stampomania is a noun.

Words near stampomania in the dictionary

  1. stamplessness
  2. Stampley
  3. Stampleys
  4. stampman
  5. stampmen
  6. stampomania
  7. stamppot
  8. stamps
  9. stamps of approval
  10. stamps out
  11. stampt

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