alcoholic

Meanings

Noun

A person addicted to alcohol.
One who abuses alcohol.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to alcohol.
Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

Related

Opposite words

nonalcoholic

Origin

First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic.

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