Chocoholic
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
"Chocoholics are confessing at the rate of the nuns of Loudon to demonic possession."
- 1 Addicted or seemingly addicted to chocolate; characteristic of a chocoholic.
"At tonight’s table, there are two couples, both here because the man had bought the session for his chocoholic partner as a present […]"
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More examples"A self-confessed chocoholic, he loves to cook; and after watching a show on chocolate making, he spent two years studying and experimenting with techniques and flavors until he perfected his method."
Etymology
Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl chocolatlbor. Spanish chocolatebor. English chocolate 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 English -holic English chocoholic From chocolate + -holic.
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