alcoholic

Etymology

First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic.

noun

  1. A person addicted to alcohol.
    Don't you know you've got your daddy's eyes Daddy was an alcoholic 2001, Starsailor, Alcoholic
    Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. 2013-06-28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21
  2. One who abuses alcohol.

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
  2. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
    He ordered an alcoholic beverage.
    The oysters were sour, and excessively alcoholic.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism.

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