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/dɪp.sə(ʊ)ˈmeɪn.i.æk/ · noun
One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic..
The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
The Spaniards are nice, but, of course, most of them are terribly poor, the ones who aren’t are impossible, I don’t like the tourists, mainly English and American dipsomaniacs, paid, my dear, by their families to stay away.
Use dipsomaniac when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dipsomaniac means One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic..
Common synonyms include alcoholic, dipso, drunkard, lush.
Possible antonyms include abstainer, teetotaler.
The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
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