addict

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
2. An adherent or fan (of something).

Adj

1. (archaic) Addicted.
2. (obsolete) Bound, tied to, obligated.

Verb

1. (Ancient-Rome, transitive) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
2. (archaic, reflexive) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
4. (obsolete, reflexive) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
5. (archaic, transitive) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
6. (transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.

Sinonieme

junkie

drug addict

junky

freak

hook

🪝

nut

user

drug abuser

constant user

substance abuser

alcoholic

drug fiend

condition

enthusiast

fiend

give

heavy drinker

malfeasant

pothead

Vertalings

adicto

addicte

viciado

toxicomane

adicto

intoxiqué

drogué

مدمن

verslaafde

Süchtige

accro

Süchtiger

dipendente

tossicomane

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈæd.ɪkt/

Etimologie (Engels)

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