potomania

English

Etymology

From Latin pōtō (“I drink (liquor)”) +‎ -mania.

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Noun

potomania (uncountable)

  1. An excessive and persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages.
  2. A hypoosmolality disease caused by excessive beer drinking.

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