Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Related to or resulting from alcohol.
- adj. Containing or preserved in alcohol.
- adj. Suffering from alcoholism.
- n. A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess or who suffers from alcoholism.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to or of the nature of alcohol.
- Containing or using alcohol: as, an alcoholic thermometer.
- n. One who indulges to excess in alcoholic beverages, or who is suffering from the systemic effects of alcohol.
- n. A remedy the chief therapeutic value of which depends upon the presence of alcohol.
Wiktionary
- n. A person addicted to alcohol.
- n. One who abuses alcohol.
- adj. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
- adj. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
- adj. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol
- n. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
- n. Alcoholic liquors.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. addicted to alcohol
- adj. characteristic of or containing alcohol
- n. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Etymologies
- First attested 1891, from alcohol + -ic (Wiktionary)
Examples
“When doctors use the term alcoholic liver disease, they are referring to a specific disease process that is made up of four distinct, advancing stages of liver damage, beginning with something called fatty liver and, if unchecked, progressing to inflammation of the liver, or alcoholic hepatitis.”
“We stated at the beginning of our Memoir of 1860 that: "We apply the term alcoholic to that fermentation which sugar undergoes under the influence of the ferment known as BEER YEAST.”
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)
“We stated at the beginning of our Memoir of 1860 that: We apply the term alcoholic to that fermentation which sugar undergoes under the influence of the ferment known as beer yeast.”
“Then why does the word "alcoholic" imply negativity?”
“Munny, a recovering alcoholic, is now about to become the monster he once was – the man who killed women, children and everything that walks or crawled at one time or another.”
“Private-label alcoholic beverages made up less than 1% of alcohol sales in the retail outlets tracked by Nielsen last year, while store brands accounted for 17% of all items sold.”
The Wall Street Journal: Private-Label Beers Take a Shot at Earning Joe Sixpack's Respect
“Both Big Flats and Buck Range Light were created for the retailers by Winery Exchange Inc., a Novato, Calif., firm that develops private-label alcoholic beverages for stores in the U.S., Europe and Asia.”
The Wall Street Journal: Private-Label Beers Take a Shot at Earning Joe Sixpack's Respect
“Itis a form of alcohol, C2H5OH, found in alcoholic beverages and also used as an additive in gasoline to produce gasohol.”
“The opinion of a twice convicted underage alcoholic, is worthless.”
“After his release from the psychiatric ward, he becomes a drug addict and alcoholic, is on the verge of madness, and wanders in the Hospital from time to time thinking he is still a surgeon, and the Staff is accustomed to this and tells him gently to go home.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘alcoholic’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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-ic ending
Words ending in ic, tic or nic.
clastic, elastic, caustic, spastic, frantic, lactic, moronic, ironic, panic, doric, diplomatic, bureaucratic and 202 more...
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Words I've Grown to Hate
Through various reasons; stupid peers, bad literature, etc., etc.
dazzle, sparkle, pyromaniac, megalomania, vagina, vajayjay, twat, alcoholic, glisten, cold, fire, cliche and 1 more...
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MadFun's Words
clash'n'dash, sangaku, sudoku, kakuro, topology, flocabulary, gibberish, psychopathic, smash'n'bash, urbandictionary, psyche, swashbuckling and 43 more...
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