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Dec 12, 2025

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opsomaniac

Illustration: Leah Palmer Preiss

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opsomaniac

PRONUNCIATION:

(op-so-MAY-nee-ak)

MEANING:

noun: A person with a craving for a particular food.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek opson (delicacies) + -mania (excessive enthusiasm). Earliest documented use: 1842.

USAGE:

“Deb, you really are quite the sushi opsomaniac.”
Caitlin Lovinger; Personal Magnetism; The New York Times; Aug 23, 2019.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

He who allows oppression, shares the crime. -Erasmus Darwin, physician, scientist, reformer, and poet; grandfather of Charles Darwin (12 Dec 1731-1802)

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