Celtomaniac

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See also: celtomania

English

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Etymology

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From Celtomania +‎ -ac. Attested since the 19th century.

Adjective

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Celtomaniac (not comparable)

  1. Obsessed with Celtic cultures or peoples.

Noun

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Celtomaniac (plural Celtomaniacs)

  1. 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.