stampomania

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noun

A passion for collecting postage stamps.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounstampomania (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA passion for collecting postage stamps.

    A few years ago grey-haired people as well as little children were seized with the stampomania, and then our most secret drawers, our most private papers, our most loving letters of bygone years were ransacked by our best friends […]

    1865, North Peat
    1 more example

    Briefly, this story tells of the adventures of a commercial traveler afflicted with "stampomania." This amiable and garrulous gentleman falls in with a druggist somewhere in the states and at each recurring trip manages to entangle himself and the weak knight of the pestle in the enchanting and entrancing mysteries of philately […]

    1899, Western Druggist, volume 21, page 81

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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