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.

Concepten

verslaafde

fan

zich overgeven

drugsverslaafde

zich wijden

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

adicto

addicte

viciado

toxicomane

adicto

intoxiqué

drogué

مدمن

Süchtiger

Süchtige

accro

tossicomane

dipendente

tossicodipendente

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈæd.ɪkt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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