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collectionitis

noun

Etymology

From collection + -itis. Compare French collectionnite.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻
  2. derived from collēctiō
  3. derived from collection
  4. inherited from colleccioun
  5. suffixed as collectionitis — “collection + itis”

Definitions

  1. An obsessive desire to collect things

    An obsessive desire to collect things; collectomania.

    • His answer was one which, with appropriate variations, might have been given by any one of those who, like himself, have been willing sufferers from some form of collectionitis.
    • Collectionitis strikes in the most unexpected quarters: it has metamorphosed a butcher into an expert on ancient porcelain and a cab driver into an Orientalist.
    • With his passion for collecting, Hartwig had formed a habit that is peculiar to those who suffer from ‘collectionitis’: the belief that he alone had the right to talk about a vase that he owned, even after he had parted with it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA