Dipsomania – um desejo irresistível de bebida alcoólica.
Origem
Dipsomania significa literalmente “crazy thirst”, do termo grego “dips”, que quer dizer “thirst”, e “mania”, que significa “crazy”.
During his last years he’d become a regular drinking companion of Roosevelt’s younger brother, Elliot, whose life was also ended by dipsomania some years later.
— Caleb Carr, The Alienist
English Version
MOSTRAR ▼
Dipsomania – an irresistible craving for an alcoholic drink.
Origin
Dipsomania literally means crazy thirst from the Greek word “dips”, meaning “thirst”, and “mania”, meaning “crazy”.
During his last years he’d become a regular drinking companion of Roosevelt’s younger brother, Elliot, whose life was also ended by dipsomania some years later.
— Caleb Carr, The Alienist
