Synonyms

dipsomaniac

American

[dip-suh-mey-nee-ak, -soh-] / ˌdɪp səˈmeɪ niˌæk, -soʊ- /

noun

(no longer in technical use) a person with alcoholism or alcohol use disorder, especially characterized by an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drinks.

Related Words

See inebriate.

Other Word Forms

dipsomaniacal adjective

Etymology

Origin of dipsomaniac

First recorded in 1855–60; dipsomani(a) + -ac

Example Sentences

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What’s more, if slowly supping your way into pre-lunchtime oblivion in the company of like-minded individuals, it is considered good manners to regularly check the glasses of your fellow dipsomaniacs and provide refills where required.

From The Guardian

Like Lewis Carroll's Alice, Tintin is the one sane mind in a world of schemers, dipsomaniacs, eccentric geniuses and blithering idiots.

From Time

Well, that was all right, Mr. Bates reflected in one of those appallingly clear and coherent moments which suddenly open in the mentality of dipsomaniacs.

From Project Gutenberg

Isabel decided that as everything was relative it was better to have a dipsomaniac as her life portion than a drinking-machine of more steady and industrious habits.

From Project Gutenberg

"To appease divine wrath," they say; but they might ask us—why have we dipsomaniacs and kleptomaniacs and monstrosities in our civilized life?

From Project Gutenberg

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