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English
Etymology
By surface analysis, translingual Thea (“tea”) + -ism.
Pronunciation
Noun
theaism (uncountable)
- (pathology) theism (morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea)
1895, James Wood, “A remarkable case of theaism”, in The Medical News, volume 67, number 3, Philadelphia: Lea Brothers, →OCLC, page 66:
References
- "theaism", in George M. Gould, R J E Scott, The practitioner's medical dictionary, 3rd ed., rev. and enl., Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son, 1919, p. 883. →OCLC.
- "tea", in W. A. Newman Dorland, Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary, 32nd ed., Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2012, p. 11874. →ISBN.
- "theaism", in W. A. Newman Dorland, Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary, 32nd ed., Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2012, p. 1908. →ISBN.
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