etheromaniac

noun

etheromaniac

noun

Etymology From ether + -o- + -maniac.

1

A person addicted to ether intoxication

  • You can clearly see that a dancer etheromaniac, when she is high, has a different conception of space – it is much more expansive than usual.1971, Paul Van Ostaijen, Patriotism, Inc and Other Tales, Univ of Massachusetts Press, page 137:
  • In another case an etheromaniac earl committed extravagances which, from a moral point of view, classified him among mental deficients.1998, Louis Lewin, Phantastica: a classic survey on the use and abuse of mind-altering plants, Inner Traditions / Bear & Company, page 169:
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etheromania

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