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Alcoholic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALCOHOL'IC, a. Pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks" [ant: nonalcoholic]
2: addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren [syn: alcoholic, alcohol-dependent] n
1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1790 1. a. of, relating to, or caused by alcohol b. containing alcohol 2. affected with alcoholism • alcoholically adverb II. noun Date: circa 1890 a person affected with alcoholism

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. of, relating to, containing, or caused by alcohol. --n. a person suffering from alcoholism.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alcoholic Al`co*hol"ic, a. [Cf. F. alcolique.] Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alcoholic Al`co*hol"ic, n. 1. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors. 2. pl. Alcoholic liquors.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(alcoholics) 1. An alcoholic is someone who cannot stop drinking large amounts of alcohol, even when this is making them ill. He showed great courage by admitting that he is an alcoholic. N-COUNT 2. Alcoholic drinks are drinks that contain alcohol. ...the serving of alcoholic drinks. ADJ

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