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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dipsomania
    n 1: an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages
         to excess [syn: dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dipsomania \Dip`so*ma"ni*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thirst + ?
   mania.] (Med.)
   A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for
   drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to
   denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
   [1913 Webster]

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