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alcoholic

[ al-kuh-haw-lik, -hol-ik ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of alcohol:

    The fermented milk has a mildly alcoholic flavor.

  2. containing or using alcohol:

    The bar serves beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages.

  3. caused by alcohol:

    alcoholic fermentation.

  4. of or like a person with alcoholism or alcohol use disorder:

    She hadn’t seen or spoken to her alcoholic aunt in over a decade.

  5. preserved in alcohol:

    Tissue shrinking in alcoholic specimens did not affect nuclear composition.



noun

  1. Sometimes Offensive. a person with alcoholism or alcohol use disorder; a person addicted to intoxicating drinks: Prescription medications are available to help alcoholics get sober and stay that way.

    He’s a self-described alcoholic.

    Prescription medications are available to help alcoholics get sober and stay that way.

alcoholic

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noun

  1. a person affected by alcoholism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of, relating to, containing, or resulting from alcohol
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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See addict.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of alcoholic1

First recorded in 1780–90; alcohol + -ic
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Halili has said she is a recovered alcoholic, nearly six years sober.

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And drinking has been the target of health concerns: In January, the U.S. surgeon general called for cancer warning labels to be placed on alcoholic drinks.

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His father, a salesman for a small company that manufactured grocery-store fixtures, was an alcoholic whose periodic drinking binges devastated the family.

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Other ingredients sometimes used are the poisonous metal, mercury, and kojic acid - a by-product from the manufacture of the Japanese alcoholic drink, sake.

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He reportedly dubbed King a “chronic drug addict and alcoholic who refuses to acknowledge that she has a problem.â€

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