dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania
(noun) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dipsomania (countable and uncountable, plural dipsomanias)
(disease) Addiction to alcohol.
Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.
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Source: Wiktionary
Dip`so*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.