addict
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
Pronunciation
Noun
addict (plural addicts)
- A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
- a heroin addict
- He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
- An adherent or fan (of something)
Synonyms
- (person who is addicted): junkie (one addicted to a drug), slave
- (adherent or fan): adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue
- See also Thesaurus:addict
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
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adherent or fan
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Verb
addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)
- (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. [from 16th c.]
- (reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
- The template Template:RQ:Evelyn Diary does not use the parameter(s):
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- 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
- Having resided some time in this place, we returned to the other country-house which we had left, where lord B— addicted himself so much to hunting, and other male diversions, that I began to think he neglected me […] .
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- (transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something. [16th–18th c.]
- (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc. [16th–19th c.]
- (transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
- January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer, number 126:
- That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
- (transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]
- a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
- His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
to cause to become addicted
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to devote or dedicate oneself
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Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
addict m (plural addicts, feminine addicte)
Related terms
Pronunciation
Noun
addict (plural addicts)
- an addict
Verb
addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addictin, simple past addictit, past participle addictit)
- to addict
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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