Word Meanings - DIPSOMANIACAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to dipsomania.

DIPSOMANIAC
One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.
DIPSOMANIACAL
Of or pertaining to dipsomania.
DIPSOMANIA
A morbid an uncontrollable craving for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach