dope fiend

[ dohp feend ]

noun

, Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

1. a person addicted to drugs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dope fiend¹

First recorded in 1890–95; dope ( def ) + fiend ( def ) (in the sense “person addicted to a pernicious habit”)

Example Sentences

Doug Caine, who describes himself as an “ex–dope fiend and former convict,” is the founder of Sober Champion.

From The Daily Beast

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency paints Lance Armstrong as a dope-fiend, bully, and liar in a blockbuster report released Wednesday.

From The Daily Beast

Of course a man will hate to believe that this is true of himself, but sooner or later money affects him as drugs do a dope-fiend.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a pallid-faced, little dope-fiend of a short-timer who would do anything to obtain the drug.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Fielding, surely you understand that I couldn't marry a woman who, by her own acknowledgment, is a—a dope-fiend.

From Project Gutenberg

I saw a bleary-eyed dope fiend going along the street the other day.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a sparkle in his eyes—perhaps too brilliant a sparkle, but he did not look like a "dope fiend."

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