different between alcoholic vs pulque

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 Mexican Spanish pulque, possibly from Nahuatl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l.ke?/, /?p?l.ki/

Noun

pulque (countable and uncountable, plural pulques)

1. A milk-colored, somewhat viscous Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of certain agave plants.

Translations

See also

• mezcal
• tequila

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. The Classical Nahuatl term for pulque was octli, or specifically iztac octli (“white pulque”). Pulque may be a Spanish derivation of Classical Nahuatl poliuhqui octli (literally “spoiled pulque, spoiled wine”), from poliuhqui (“something lost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pulke/, [?pul.ke]

Noun

pulque m (plural pulques)

1. pulque

   Synonym: (Mexico) neutle

Derived terms

• pulquero
• pulquería

Descendants

• ? English: pulque

Further reading

• “pulque” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.