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addicted

[ uh-dik-tid ]
/ əˈdɪk tɪd /
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adjective

devoted or given up to a practice or habit or to something psychologically or physically habit-forming (usually followed by to): to be addicted to drugs.

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RELATED WORDS

devoted, obsessed, hooked, inclined, absorbed, accustomed, attached, predisposed, habituated, disposed, hyped, imbued, dependent, fanatic, fond

Nearby words

adder's-mouth, adder's-tongue, adderall, adderley, addict, addicted, addiction, addictive, addie, adding, adding machine

Origin of addicted

First recorded in 1550–60; addict + -ed2

Related forms

ad·dict·ed·ness, nounnon·ad·dict·ed, adjectiveun·ad·dict·ed, adjectivewell-ad·dict·ed, adjective

Definition for addicted (2 of 2)

addict

[ noun ad-ikt; verb uh-dikt ]
/ noun ˈæd ɪkt; verb əˈdɪkt /

noun

a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.

verb (used with object)

to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.
to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games.

Origin of addict

1520–30; < Latin addictus assigned, surrendered (past participle of addīcere, equivalent to ad- ad- + dic- (variant stem of dīcere to fix, determine) + -tus past participle suffix)

Related forms

non·ad·dict, nounnon·ad·dict·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for addicted

addict

verb (əˈdɪkt)

(tr; usually passive often foll by to) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp a narcotic drug)

noun (ˈædɪkt)

a person who is addicted, esp to narcotic drugs
informal a person who is devoted to somethinga jazz addict

Word Origin for addict

C16: (as adj and as vb; n use C20): from Latin addictus given over, from addīcere to give one's assent to, from ad- to + dīcere to say
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for addicted

addict

[ ăd′ĭkt ]

n.

One who is addicted, as to narcotics or a compulsive activity.
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