hydromania
nounEtymology From hydro- + -mania.
1
A morbid craving for water.
2
An intense attraction to water.
- Here, then, are two very different expressions of hydromania, sea-bathing and endurance swimming – the one associated with the pursuit of health, the other with athletic accomplishment; […]2018, Margaret Cohen, Killian Quigley, The Aesthetics of the Undersea:
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Obsolete A morbid attraction to suicide by drowning.