hydromania

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hydro- +‎ -mania

Noun[edit]

hydromania (uncountable)

  1. A morbid craving for water.
  2. An intense attraction to water.
    • 2018, Margaret Cohen, Killian Quigley, The Aesthetics of the Undersea:
      Here, then, are two very different expressions of hydromania, sea-bathing and endurance swimming – the one associated with the pursuit of health, the other with athletic accomplishment; […]
  3. (obsolete) A morbid attraction to suicide by drowning.
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