addict

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • enPR: ădʹĭkt, IPA^(key): /ˈæd.ɪkt/

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• (verb)
  • enPR: ə-dĭktʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈdɪkt/

    • Audio (Southern England)

      (file)

  • Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

addict (plural addicts)

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

   He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.

   a heroin addict

2. An adherent or fan (of something)

Synonyms

• (person who is addicted): junkie (one addicted to a drug), slave
• (adherent or fan): adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue
• See also Thesaurus:addict

Derived terms

Related terms

• addiction
• addictive
• dictate

Translations

Verb

addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)

1. (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
2. (reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
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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.
4. (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
5. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
   • January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer, number 126:

     That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.

6. (transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
   • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: J G W L and W G, published 1662, →OCLC:

     His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.

Synonyms

• (cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug): get (someone) hooked
• (devote): consecrate, dedicate, devote
• (adapt): adapt, fit

Derived terms

• addicting
• addictive
• readdict

Descendants

• → Cebuano: adik
• → Tagalog: adik

Translations

Anagrams

• didact

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin addictus or perhaps English addict.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

addict m (plural addicts, feminine addicte)

1. addict

Related terms

• addiction

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdik(t)/

Noun

addict (plural addicts)

1. an addict

Verb

addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addictin, simple past addictit, past participle addictit)

1. to addict

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.