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Definition of Dipso
1. a person who craves alcoholic liquors [n -SOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipso
Literary usage of Dipso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1856)
"DIPSACUS (Itya, thirst). A name formerly given to diabetes, from the thirst
accompanying that affection. dipso'SIS (IMa, thirst). ..."
2. Temperance and Total Abstinence, Or, The Use and Abuse of Alcoholic Liquors by Spencer Thomson (1850)
"... Dr. Joseph Williams— dipso-Mania, Sir A. Morrison — Withdrawal of Stimulant,
Caution. WITHOUT touching upon that wide field for investigation and ..."
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