potomania

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potomania

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

noun

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

Similar: dipsomania

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"potomania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/potomania. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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potomania. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/potomania

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"potomania." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/potomania.

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@misc{potomania_2026,
  title = {potomania},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/potomania},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}