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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmétromanie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: may-tro-ma-nee
"Sa métromanie l'a poussé à écrire des poèmes toute la nuit."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An obsessive, compulsive craze or mania for writing poetry.
"His sudden influx of rhyming verses was diagnosed by his friends as a mild case of metromania." - 2
An excessive preoccupation with poetic meter and versification.
"The literary critic argued that the poet's strict adherence to form bordered on metromania."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek words 'metron' meaning 'measure' (referring to poetic meter) and 'mania' meaning 'madness' or 'insane desire'. Originally coined in the 18th century, it historically described an obsessive compulsion or craze for writing verse or poetry.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Metromania" is said worldwide
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métromanie
Transliteration: may-tro-ma-nee
"Sa métromanie l'a poussé à écrire des poèmes toute la nuit."
Metromanie
Transliteration: meh-tro-mah-NEE
"Seine Metromanie trieb ihn dazu, ununterbrochen Verse zu verfassen."
metromania
Transliteration: me-tro-ma-ni-a
"La sua metromania si manifestava nella composizione continua di sonetti."
metromanía
Transliteration: me-tro-ma-NEE-a
"Su metromanía le impedía pasar un solo día sin escribir versos."
metromania
Transliteration: me-tro-ma-NEE-a
"A metromania do jovem poeta resultou em dezenas de cadernos cheios de rimas."
कविता लिखने की धुन
Transliteration: kavita likhne ki dhun
"उसकी कविता लिखने की धुन ने उसे रात भर जगाए रखा।"
写诗狂
Transliteration: xiě shī kuáng
"他的写诗狂使他夜以继日地创作韵文。"
작시광
Transliteration: jak-si-gwang
"그의 작시광은 끊임없이 운문을 쓰게 만들었다."
作詩狂
Transliteration: sakushikyō
"彼の作詩狂ゆえに、毎晩のように新しい詩が生まれた。"
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