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addict
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of add?c? (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + d?c? (“say; declare”)
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- enPR: ??.d?kt, IPA(key): /?æ.d?kt/
- (verb)
- enPR: ?-d?kt?, IPA(key): /??.d?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- enPR: ?-d?kt?, IPA(key): /??.d?kt/
Noun
addict (plural addicts)
- A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
- He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
- 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
- cyberaddict
- drug addict
- sex addict
Related terms
- addiction
- addictive
- dictate
Translations
Verb
addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)
- (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. [from 16th c.]
- (reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
- 1644, John Evelyn, Diary, 25 October:
- They addict themselves to the civil law.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. III, ch. 88:
- 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 […] .
- 1644, John Evelyn, Diary, 25 October:
- (transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something. [16th–18th c.]
- (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc. [16th–19th c.]
- (transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc. [from 16th c.]
- January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer No. 126
- That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
- January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer No. 126
- (transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted. [from 17th c.]
- 1662 (published), Thomas Fuller, Worthies of England
- His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
- 1662 (published), Thomas Fuller, Worthies of England
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
Translations
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: adik
- ? Tagalog: adik
Anagrams
- didact
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin addictus or perhaps English addict.
Noun
addict m (plural addicts, feminine addicte)
- addict
Related terms
- addiction
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??dik(t)/
Noun
addict (plural addicts)
- an addict
Verb
addict (third-person singular present addicts, present participle addictin, past addictit, past participle addictit)
- to addict
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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doom
English
Etymology
From Middle English dome, dom, from Old English d?m (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *d?maz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?óh?mos. Compare West Frisian doem, Dutch doem, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish dom, Icelandic dómur. Doublet of duma. See also deem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du?m/
- Rhymes: -u?m
Noun
doom (countable and uncountable, plural dooms)
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
- (countable, obsolete) A law.
- (countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.
- (countable, obsolete) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens.
- 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People
- Death.
- They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
Antonyms
- (undesirable fate): fortune
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- deem
- -dom
Translations
Verb
doom (third-person singular simple present dooms, present participle dooming, simple past and past participle doomed)
- (transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
- Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
- To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
- (obsolete) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
- (obsolete) To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
- (archaic, US, New England) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
Translations
See also
- doomsday
- doomsaying
- damn
Anagrams
- Odom, mood
Wolof
Pronunciation
Noun
doom (definite form doom ji)
- child, offspring
- seed
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