Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō ("deliver; devote; surrender"), from ad- ("to, towards, at") + dīcō ("say; declare")

• (noun)
  • enPR: ădʹĭkt, IPA: /ˈæd.ɪkt/
• (verb)
  • enPR: ə-dĭktʹ, IPA: /əˈdɪkt/

addict (plural addicts)

1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug

   a heroin addict

   He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.

2. 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

• addiction
• addictive
• dictate

• 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)

1. (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. [from 16th c.]
2. (reflexive, now, rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
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     They addict themselves to the civil law.

   • 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 […] .

3. (transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something. [16th–18th c.]
4. (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc. [16th–19th c.]
5. (transitive, now, rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
6. (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