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junkie

English

Alternative forms

  • junky

Etymology

junk (narcotic drug) +? -ie

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d???ki/
  • Rhymes: -??ki

Noun

junkie (plural junkies)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A narcotics addict, especially a heroin user.
    Synonyms: drug addict; see also Thesaurus:addict
  2. (slang, by extension) An enthusiast of something.
    Synonyms: aficionado, enthusiast; see also Thesaurus:fan

Derived terms

  • adrenaline junkie
  • tuna junkie

Descendants

  • ? German: Junkie
  • ? Spanish: yonqui

Translations


French

Noun

junkie m or f (plural junkies)

  1. junkie (addict)

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addicted

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??d?kt?d/

Adjective

addicted (comparative more addicted, superlative most addicted)

  1. Having a biochemical addiction.
  2. Devoted to or obsessed with something.
    • 1834 , William Swainson, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural History, p. 26:
      [] he was from his childhood addicted to study, and ever since he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time, as not to let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it.

Translations

Verb

addicted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of addict

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