Teutomaniac

English

Etymology

Teutomania +‎ -ac. Attested since the 19th century.

Adjective

Teutomaniac (not comparable)

  1. Obsessed with Germanic cultures or peoples.

Noun

Teutomaniac (plural Teutomaniacs)

  1. Somebody obsessed with Germanic 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.
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