tulipomanie

Dutch

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from French tulipomanie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ty.li.poː.maː.ni/
• Hyphenation: tu‧li‧po‧ma‧nie

Noun

tulipomanie f (uncountable)

1. (dated, historical) tulip mania [from early 19th c.]

   Synonyms: tulpengekte, tulpenmanie, tulpenwoede

2. (dated) a fondness or obsession for tulips (generally not involving speculative bubbles) [from early or mid 19th c.]

   Synonym: tulpenwoede

French

Etymology

From tulipe +‎ -manie.

Noun

tulipomanie f (plural tulipomanies)

1. tulipomania

Further reading

• “tulipomanie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.