*omani*

n. One affected with Anglomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + mani`a madness. ] A extravagant fondness for flowers. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; book + &unr_; madness: cf. F. bibliomanie. ] A mania for acquiring books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has a mania for books. -- a. Relating to a bibliomaniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bromine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A chiromancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] See Kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. décalcomanie. ] The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

n. [ Demon + mania. ] A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; thirst + &unr_; 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 ]

n. One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to dipsomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to a domain or to domains. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'eleu`qeros free + E. mania. ] A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mad for freedom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Galli Gauls + mania madness. ] An excessive admiration of what is French. -- Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ NL. See Icon, and Mania. ] A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. kle`pths thief + E. mania. ] A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected with kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. megalo- + mania. ] (Pathol.) A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Suffering from megalomania. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; measure + E. mania. ] A mania for writing verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has metromania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + mania. ] Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected by monomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. monomaniaque. ] Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Music + mania: cf. F. musicomanie. ] (Med.) A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Musicomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An abnormal attraction to dead bodies.
Syn. -- necrophilia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ny`mfh a bride + mani`a madness. ] (Med.) An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman afflicted with nymphomania. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. o'i^nos wine + &unr_; mania. ] (Med.) (a) Delirium tremens. Rayer. (b) Dipsomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See oenomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like an old woman; anile; primly fastidious; old-maidish. -- Old`-wom"an*ish*ness, n.
Syn. -- fussy, old-maidish. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

prop. adj. Of or relating to Oman or its people; as, Omani oil producers; Omani ports. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Oman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Phyllo- + mania. ] (Bot.) An abnormal or excessive production of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ F. potichomanie; potiche a porcelain vase + manie mania. ] The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a fern + E. mania. ] A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns. [ R. ] C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + mania. ] An insane disposition to incendiarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Romanicus. See Romance, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Rome or its people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanic spelling, spelling by means of the letters of the Roman alphabet, as in English; -- contrasted with phonetic spelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Romanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres to Romanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Romanized p. pr. & vb. n. Romanizing ] 1. To Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To convert to the Roman Catholic religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To use Latin words and idioms. “Apishly Romanizing.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who Romanizes. [ 1913 Webster ]