addict
/ˈæd.ɪkt/ · noun
Meaning
- A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
- An adherent or fan (of something).
- Addicted.
- Bound, tied to, obligated.
- To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
- To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
- To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
- To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
- To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
- To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
- addictus(Latin)→
- *deyḱ-(ine-pro)→
- addict (English)
- Relations: root, bor
Related words
Descendant words
- adik(Cebuano) (bor)
- adis(Cebuano) (bor)
- addikti(Finnish) (cog)
- addiktoida(Finnish) (cog)
- addict(French) (bor)
- adik(Tagalog) (bor)
- אַדיקט(Yiddish) (bor)
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