tulipomania

English

noun
Definitions
  • Enthusiasm for tulips, as in a period in the during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed.

Etymology

Affix from English tulip.

Origin

English

tulip

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