different between zealot vs addict

English

Etymology

Initially only found as Middle English zelote, an epithet of Simon the Zealot, acquiring its current senses in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Middle English derives from Latin z?l?t?s, from Ancient Greek ??????? (z?l?t?s, “emulator, zealous admirer, follower”), from ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from ????? (z?ló?, “to emulate, to be jealous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?z?l.?t/
• Hyphenation: zeal?ot

Noun

zealot (plural zealots)

1. One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
2. (historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
3. (historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.

Quotations

• 1892: Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, Buddha at Kamakura

Synonyms

• enthusiast
• fanatic

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Laotze

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

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.

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

• 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)

1. (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. [from 16th c.]
2. (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 […] .

3. (transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something. [16th–18th c.]
4. (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc. [16th–19th c.]
5. (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.

6. (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.

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)

1. addict

Related terms

• addiction

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??dik(t)/

Noun

addict (plural addicts)

1. an addict

Verb

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

1. to addict

References

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