n. [ Anglo'cf + mania. ] A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One affected with Anglomania. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
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. 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. [ NL. ] See Kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.
a. Mad for freedom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. Galli Gauls + mania madness. ] An excessive admiration of what is French. --
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.
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 ]
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 ]
n. A person affected by monomania. [ 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.
n. [ Gr.
n. A woman afflicted with nymphomania. [ PJC ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. See oenomania. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like an old woman; anile; primly fastidious; old-maidish. --
prop. adj. Of or relating to Oman or its people;
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. [ 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. ]
Romanic spelling,
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.
v. i.
n. One who Romanizes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See. Toxic, and Mania. ]