dipsomaniac
noun
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Pronunciation: /dɪp.sə(ʊ)ˈmeɪn.i.æk/
noun
Etymology: From dipso- + -maniac.
- 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.”
“The Spaniards are nice, but, of course, most of them are terribly poor, the ones who aren’t are impossible, I don’t like the tourists, mainly English and American dipsomaniacs, paid, my dear, by their families to stay away.”
- A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.