🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

花狂い

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hanagurui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anthomaniac/ˌæn.θəˈmeɪ.ni.æk/
nounadjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女はその花狂いとして近所では有名だった。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who has an abnormal or obsessive passion for flowers.

    "She spent her entire inheritance on rare orchids, earning a reputation in the botanical community as a true anthomaniac."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by an extreme or obsessive fixation on flowers.

    "His anthomaniac tendencies were evident in the greenhouse that consumed every inch of his backyard."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'anthos' meaning flower and 'mania' meaning madness or excessive enthusiasm, coined in the 19th century. It combines botanical passion with the psychiatric suffix -ac to describe someone with an obsessive fixation on flowers.

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