gamomaniac

English

Etymology

From gamomania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡæməˈmeɪnɪæk/

Adjective

gamomaniac (comparative more gamomaniac, superlative most gamomaniac)

1. Pertaining to gamomania.

Noun

gamomaniac (plural gamomaniacs)

1. Someone suffering from gamomania; a person having a morbid obsession with marriage.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1159:

     Lindsay Noseworth, the diagnosed gamomaniac, would be hit hardest of all, at no more than the first sidelong smudge of Primula's appearance.