gamomaniac

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English

Etymology

From gamomania.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæməˈmeɪnɪæk/

Adjective

gamomaniac (comparative more gamomaniac, superlative most gamomaniac)

  1. Pertaining to gamomania.

Noun

gamomaniac (plural gamomaniacs)

  1. Someone suffering from gamomania; a person having a morbid obsession with marriage.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1159:
      Lindsay Noseworth, the diagnosed gamomaniac, would be hit hardest of all, at no more than the first sidelong smudge of Primula's appearance.