Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- suffix Variant of -aholic.
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- suffix Used to make nouns and adjectives describing someone who is addicted to something or feels a compulsion to do something.
Etymologies
Back-formation from alcoholic. (Wiktionary)
Examples
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In so doing, the coiner made a new suffix out of -oholic.
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But choco lent itself to the -oholic; why did Oates prefer the a?
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