Alcoholic

//ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is addicted to alcohol.

    "Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes Daddy was an alcoholic"

  2. 2
    a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually wordnet
  3. 3
    One who abuses alcohol.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to alcohol.
  2. 2
    Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

    "He ordered an alcoholic beverage."

  3. 3
    Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    addicted to alcohol wordnet
  2. 2
    characteristic of or containing alcohol wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
intoxicatingspirituousstrongacidheadaddictalcohol dependent

Example

More examples

"If you go on drinking so much, you may well end up an alcoholic."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic.

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