anthomania means an extravagant passion for flowers. It carries an Arena rating of 1548, earned across 86 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, anthomania ranks #935 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #1,087 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #2,804 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #3,607 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
Why “anthomania” is a great word
ANTHOMANIA — [Noun] An extravagant or excessive passion for flowers. From the combining form antho- (from Greek anthos, meaning "flower") and the suffix -mania (from Greek mania, meaning "madness, frenzy"). Unlike horticulture, which implies a disciplined science, or floristry, which denotes a commercial trade, anthomania is a private, acquisitive fervor for the bloom itself. It is the covetous gaze in a hothouse, the fevered press of a violet in a heavy book, the pilgrim's journey taken for a rumored meadow in fleeting bloom—a quiet surrender to beauty's most ephemeral tyranny.
Etymology
From antho- (“flower”) + -mania.
noun
- An extravagant passion for flowers.
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