addict

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)

• (noun)
  • enPR: ăʹ.dĭkt, IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dɪkt/
• (verb)
  • enPR: ə-dĭktʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈ.dɪkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkt

addict (plural addicts)

1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
   • He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
2. An adherent or fan (of something)

• (person who is addicted): junkie (one addicted to a drug), slave
• (adherent or fan): adherent, aficionado, devotee, enthusiast, fan, habitue
• See also Thesaurus:addict

• cyberaddict
• drug addict
• sex addict

• addiction
• addictive
• dictate

addict (third-person singular simple present addicts, present participle addicting, simple past and past participle addicted)

1. To cause someone to become addicted, especially to a drug
2. To involve oneself in something habitually, to the exclusion of almost anything else.
   • (Can we date this quote?), John Evelyn

     They addict themselves to the civil law.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher

     He is addicted to his study.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Adventurer

     That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Fuller

     His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Thomas Babington Macaulay

     A man gross ... and addicted to low company.

3. (obsolete) To adapt; to make suitable; to fit.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Evelyn
   • The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth.

• (cause someone to become addicted, especially to a harmful drug): get (someone) hooked
• (devote): consecrate, dedicate, devote
• (adapt): adapt, fit

• addicting
• addictive

• didact

Borrowed from Latin addictus or perhaps English addict.

addict m (plural addicts, feminine addicte)

1. addict

• addiction

• IPA^(key): /əˈdik(t)/

addict (plural addicts)

1. an addict

addict (third-person singular present addicts, present participle addictin, past addictit, past participle addictit)

1. to addict

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.