hydromania

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noun

A morbid craving for water.

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Meanings

nounhydromania (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA morbid craving for water.
  2. uncountableAn intense attraction to water.

    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; […]

    2018, Margaret Cohen, Killian Quigley, The Aesthetics of the Undersea
  3. obsoleteuncountableA morbid attraction to suicide by drowning.

Origin

From hydro- + -mania.

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APA

hydromania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydromania

MLA

“hydromania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydromania. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydromania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydromania.

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