erotomaniacal

E1R1O1T1O1M3A1N1I1A1C3A1L1

adjective

Having the psychological condition of erotomania.

Scrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveerotomaniacal (comparative more erotomaniacal, superlative most erotomaniacal)

comparative more erotomaniacal · superlative most erotomaniacal

  1. Having the psychological condition of erotomania.

    As a vicious hysteric, Bertha Mason’s madness is precipitated by an erotomaniacal response.

    2024, Nicole C. Dittmer, Monstrous Women and Ecofeminism in the Victorian Gothic, 1837–1871, Rowman & Littlefield, page 86
    1 more example

    At all events, whatever be the result, we think it would not be easy for a hypochondriacal gentleman to find a sane lady who would undertake his cure in this manner; and may be equally doubted whether any sane gentleman would undertake the cure of an erotomaniacal damsel. Probably M. Villermay may propose to pair the love-sick of the one sex with the hypochondriacs of the other.

    1829, THE EDINBURGH MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL: EXHIBITING A CONCISE VIEW OF THE LATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN MEDICINE, SURGERY AND PHARMACY., volume Thirty-First, page 366

Origin

From erotomaniac + -al.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

erotomaniacal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotomaniacal

MLA

“erotomaniacal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotomaniacal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erotomaniacal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotomaniacal.

Source: erotomaniacal on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.