melomaniac
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melomaniac
- /ˌmɛlə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪak/ US, UK
Rhymes with -eɪniæk
Where it comes from
From melo- (prefix meaning “music”) (from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song; melody, tune”)) + -maniac (from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek μανιακός (maniakós), an adjectival form of μανία (manía, “madness; mad desire, compulsion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”)).
noun melomaniacs
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One with an abnormal fondness of music; a person who loves music.
He then amused himself with the fiddle—tried the French horn for a season, varying the matter by a few lessons upon the clarionet and hautboy, and finally improving his powers of endurance by a little practising of the Kent bugle. He at length became a perfect melomaniac, and was always in danger of
Similar: melomane, melophile, musicophile · Opposite: melophobe
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noun one with an abnormal fondness of music; person who loves music
| Español | melómano, melómanos |
|---|---|
| Français | mélomane |
| Deutsch | Melomane, Melomanin |
| Ελληνικά | φιλόμουσος filómousos, μελομανής melomanís |
| Русский | мелома́н melomán, мелома́нка melománka |
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title = {melomaniac},
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