Alcoholic meaning

ăl'kə-hô'lĭk, -hŏl'ĭk
The definition of an alcoholic is a person who is addicted to drinking alcohol.

A person who drinks too much and who cannot stop himself from doing so is an example of an alcoholic.

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Related to or resulting from alcohol.
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Containing or preserved in alcohol.
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Suffering from alcoholism.
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A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess or who suffers from alcoholism.
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Of or containing alcohol.
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Caused by alcohol or liquor containing it.
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Suffering from alcoholism.
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A person who has chronic alcoholism or who habitually drinks alcoholic liquor to excess.
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Related to or resulting from alcohol.
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Containing or preserved in alcohol.
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Having alcoholism.
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A person who has alcoholism.
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A person addicted to alcohol.
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One who abuses alcohol.
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Of or pertaining to alcohol.
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Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

He ordered an alcoholic beverage.

The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.

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Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.
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Origin of alcoholic

  • First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic
    From Wiktionary

Alcoholic Sentence Examples

  • It crystallizes in orange-red needles and its alcoholic solution fluoresces strongly.

  • The group specially described as indirect taxes includes those on alcohol, wine, beer, cider and other alcoholic drinks, on passenger and goods traffic by railway, on licences to distillers, spirit-sellers, &c., on salt and on sugar of home manufacture.

  • With picric acid it forms a sparingly soluble picrate, which melts at 145 0 C. On the condition of phenanthrene in alcoholic solution see R.

  • She's both a recovering alcoholic and addicted to painkillers.

  • The residue is dissolved in alcohol and to the cold saturated solution a cold alcoholic solution of picric acid is added.

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