Celtomaniac
See also: celtomania
English
Etymology
Celtomania + -ac. Attested since the 19th century.
Adjective
Celtomaniac (not comparable)
- Obsessed with Celtic cultures or peoples.
Noun
Celtomaniac (plural Celtomaniacs)
- Somebody obsessed with Celtic cultures or peoples.
- 1897, John Mackinnon Robertson, The Saxon and the Celt: A Study in Sociology
- I am well aware that I have against me not only Teutomaniacs and Celtomaniacs in turn, but much cultured opinion, and that I shall be opposed by many who are not only incapable of race animosity in the ordinary sense, but highly cosmopolitan in feeling.
- 1897, John Mackinnon Robertson, The Saxon and the Celt: A Study in Sociology