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ARE YOU AN OPSOMANIAC? (AHP-se-MAY-nee-ak)? If you're an opsomaniac
you . . . a. love visiting with any telephone operator? b. feel you will go crazy if the
optometrist asks you to read “just one more line” on his eye chart? OR. . . c. love ...
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There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...
If I were a restaurateur, I'd open a place called Bellytimber and bill it as “the home
of the opsomaniac, the oligophagous, the gas- trophile, and the grandgousier.”
Those four grand words describe different kinds of eaters, of which you may be ...
Charles Harrington Elster,
2005
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
... opson: dainties, rich fare. as in opsomaniac: one with a constant sweet tooth.
opsony was used of something (as smoked or pickled fish) eaten to give a relish
to bread; hence opsophagist: one that relishes relish; see past. Ethiop: burnt face.
Joseph Twadell Shipley,
2009
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An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied ...
Opsomaniac (op-so—ma'-ne-a/e) [51/10v, dainty food; ,uavia, mania]. One
affected with opsomania. Opsophagia (op-sofa'ye-a/i) [51/10v, dainty food ; (
payeiv, to eat]. Morbid daintiness in respect of food. Optactin (op-takhtin) [on-Tog,
visible; ...
George Milbry Gould,
1903
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Dictionnaire des termes de médecine: français-anglais
Opsiometre. Opsiometer. Opsionose. Opsionosis. Opsomane. Opsomaniac.
Opsomanie Opsomania. Optico - trochlei - scleroticien, -ienne. The Superior
oblique muscle of the eye, s. ; Pertaining to it, adj. Optimum. Optimum. Optique, s.
Optics.
Henry Eugène de Méric,
1899
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A Dictionary of Medical Science: Containing a Concise ...
OPSOMANIAC ORB1TAR FORAMINA OPSOMA'NIAC, Opaom'ancg,(F.)
Opsomane, from oi/>or, 'aliment,' andpano. One who loves tome particular
aliment to madness. OPT ES1S, Aasalio. OPTIC, Op'ticw. Opo'pios, from oTiiepai,
'I sol'.
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The Grandiloquent Dictionary - Tenth Anniversary Edition
... something too late opsimatria - The bearing of children late in a woman's life
opsipatria - The fathering of a child by an elderly man opsiproligery - The ability
to still have children late in life opsomaniac - One who loves a certain kind of food
, ...
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The Imperial dictionary, on the basis of Webster's English ...
The morbid or diseased love of some particular aliment Opsomaniac (op-so-ma'
ni-ak), n. One afflicted with opsomania, Dunglison. Optablet (op'ta-bl), a. [L.
optabilis, from opto, to desire.) Desirable. Coc/ceram. Optatet (op'tat). v. t. To wish
for; ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale,
1883
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The imperial dictionary of the English language: a complete ...
Opsomaniac (op-so-ma'ni-ak), n. One af- fflcted with opsomania. Dungliton,
Optable t (op'ta-bl), a, [L. optabilis, from opto, to desire.] Desirable. Cockeram.
Optatet (op'tit), v, t. To wish for; to choose: to desire. Cotgrave. Optatlont (op-ta'
shon), n.
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale,
1883
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There's a Word for It!: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life
If I were a restaurateur, I'd open a place called Bellytimber and bill it as "the home
of the opsomaniac, the oligophagous, the gas- trophile, and the grangousier."
Those four grand words describe different kinds of eaters, of which you may be ...
Charles Harringto Elster,
1997