tulipomania
tulipomania · tulipomanias
Hyperenthusiasm for tulipsHyperenthusiasm for tulips.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Hyperenthusiasm for tulips.
(countable, uncountable)Such enthusiasm (or the period of its duration) during the Dutch Golden Age when contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed (1634–1637); it is widely considered the first speculative bubble (asset bubble).
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
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Forms
plural: tulipomanias| Singular | tulipomania |
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Word family
2 related wordsRelatedtulip mania
Derivedtulipomaniac
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable