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Dipsomaniacal

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dip·so·ma·ni·a  (dps-mn-, -mny)
n.
An insatiable craving for alcoholic beverages.
[Greek dipsa, thirst + -mania.]
dipso·mani·ac (-k) adj. & n.
dipso·ma·nia·cal (-m-n-kl) adj.
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Choice among the cast are Burstein as a Latin lover with an accent calculated to offend, Leavel's grandly dipsomaniacal Chaperone and Broadway ``It'' girl Sutton Foster as the Bride.
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This prefigured emerging gendered notions of intemperance which regarded drunkenness as basically a male vice that afflicted women through the abuse visited upon them by dipsomaniacal husbands and fathers.
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Lisa Pelikan vamps and schemes with dipsomaniacal gusto as the plotting wife.
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