Addict
21addict — I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin addictus, past participle of addicere to favor, from ad + dicere to say more at diction Date: 1534 1. to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively < addicted to gambling > 2. to cause …
22addict — n. /ad ikt/; v. /euh dikt /, n. 1. a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict. v.t. 2. to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic. 3. to… …
23addict — ad|dict [ ædıkt ] noun count * someone who takes illegal or harmful drugs and cannot stop a. someone who likes a particular activity very much and spends as much time as they can doing it: a TV addict …
24addict — [16] Originally, addict was an adjective in English, meaning ‘addicted’. It was borrowed from Latin addictus, the past participle of addicere, which meant ‘give over or award to someone’. This in turn was formed from the prefix ad ‘to’ and the… …
25addict — noun a person who is addicted to something. Origin early 20th cent.: from the obs. verb addict, which was a back form. from addicted …
26addict — n 1.Inf. fiend, Inf. hound, Sl. freak, Sl. nut, Sl. demon, Sl. bug; drug addict, drug abuser, drug user, Inf. user, Inf. junkie, Sl. hophead, Sl. dopefiend, Sl. dopenick, Sl. doper, Sl. mainliner, Sl. druggie, Sl. drughead; Sl. head, Sl. pothead; …
27addict — noun 1) a heroin addict Syn: abuser; informal junkie, druggy, head, freak; N.Amer.; informal hophead 2) informal skiing addicts Syn: enthusiast, fan, lover …
28addict — verb (t) /əˈdɪkt / (say uh dikt) 1. to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on. –noun /ˈædɪkt / (say adikt) 2. someone who is addicted to a practice or habit: *intent on proving his father an opium addict and his wife a… …
29addict — [16] Originally, addict was an adjective in English, meaning ‘addicted’. It was borrowed from Latin addictus, the past participle of addicere, which meant ‘give over or award to someone’. This in turn was formed from the prefix ad ‘to’ and the… …
30Addict : fixions et narcotextes — Addict : fixions et narcotextes (Crack Wars : Literature Addiction Mania en anglais) est une œuvre de la philosophe américaine Avital Ronell qui traite de la drogue et de la littérature. Le livre présente des analyses sur la… …
