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Latin

addictus

[adˈdɪk.tʊs] · verb

Meaning

  1. assigned, dedicated having been assigned.
  2. handed over, having been handed over.
  3. A debt slave; a person who has been bound as a slave to his creditor.

Etymology / origin

Perfect passive participle of addīcō (“assign, hand over”).

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