addict
Etymology
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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 Nounaddict (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)
- (person who is addicted) junkie (one addicted to a drug), slave
- (adherent or fan) adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue
- See also Thesaurus:addict
- French: dépendant, dépendante, intoxiqué, intoxiquée f, accro m (slang)
- German: Süchtiger, Narkomane
- Italian: dipendente
- Portuguese: viciado, adicto
- Russian: зави́симый
- Spanish: adicto, viciado
- Portuguese: fanático, entusiasta
- Russian: приверженец
addict (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.]
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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.]
- (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.
- (cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug) get (someone) hooked
- (devote) consecrate, dedicate, devote
- (adapt) adapt, fit
- German: süchtig machen
- Portuguese: viciar
- Russian: стать зависимым
- Spanish: causar adicción en, volver adicto, viciar
- Portuguese: viciar-se
- Russian: пристрастить
- Spanish: viciarse, volverse adicto
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