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An excessive admiration of what is French. -- Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac, n.

A mania or infatuation for icons, whether as objects of devotion, bric-a-brac, or curios.

A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility. Wharton.

A person affected with kleptomania.

See Kleptomania.

A form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.

A mania for writing verses.

One who has metromania.

Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.

A person affected by monomania.

Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.

A kind of monomania in which the passion for music becomes so strong as to derange the intellectual faculties. Dunglison.

See Musicomania.

Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.

Dipsomania.

See oenomania.

Of or pert. to Panama. -- n.

An abnormal or excessive production of leaves.

The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware.

A madness, craze, or strong fancy, for ferns. [R.] C. Kingsley.