different between alcoholic vs dipsomania

English

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?ælk??h?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k

Noun

alcoholic (plural alcoholics)

1. A person addicted to alcohol.
   • 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic

     Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes
     Daddy was an alcoholic
2. One who abuses alcohol.

Synonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): See also Thesaurus:drunkard

Antonyms

• (person addicted to alcohol): teetotaler, on the wagon; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler

Translations

See also

• friend of Bill W.

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative more alcoholic, superlative most alcoholic)

1. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

   He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

   The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:alcoholic

Antonyms

• nonalcoholic

Derived terms

• Alcoholics Anonymous

Related terms

• alcohol

Translations

Anagrams

• colaholic

Interlingua

Adjective

alcoholic (comparative plus alcoholic, superlative le plus alcoholic)

1. alcoholic (containing alcohol)

English

Etymology

From dipso- +? -mania.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?ps?(?)?me?n??/
• Rhymes: -e?ni?

Noun

dipsomania (countable and uncountable, plural dipsomanias)

1. (medicine) Addiction to alcohol.
2. Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.

Translations

Anagrams

• mapanioids

Finnish

Noun

dipsomania

1. dipsomania (periodic alcoholism)

   Synonym: kausijuoppous

Declension

Anagrams

• dipsomaani

Italian

Etymology

Based on Ancient Greek ???? (dípsa, “thirst”) + ????? (manía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dip.so.ma?ni.a/
• Hyphenation: dip?so?ma?nì?a

Noun

dipsomania f (plural dipsomanie)

1. dipsomania

Related terms

• dipsomane