Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti
Proto-Italic *deikō
Latin dīcō
Latin addīcō
Latin addictusbor.
English addict
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti
Proto-Italic *deikō
Latin dīcō
Latin addīcō
Latin addictusbor.
English addict
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
Meanings
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
a heroin addict
He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
A stressful environment in which there is ready access to drugs can trump a low genetic risk of addiction in these animals. The same may be true for humans, too. And that’s a notion many find hard to believe: Just about anyone, regardless of baseline genetic risk, can become an addict under the right circumstances. 2011 August 1, Richard A. Friedman, “Who Falls to Addiction, and Who Is Unscathed?”, in The New York Times:
Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active). 2006 June 25, Benoit Denizet-Lewis, “An Anti-Addiction Pill?”, in The New York Times Magazine:
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to a harmful drug) · ro dependentă (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ru наркома́н (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · pl fanatyk (adherent or fan) · tr düşkün (adherent or fan) · pl entuzjasta (adherent or fan) · gd leanmhainneach (adherent or fan) · fa معتاد (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · es adicto (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · he מָכוּר (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fr accro (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fr dépendante (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fr addicte (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · hu függő (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · sl odvisnik (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fi alkoholisti (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · tr bağımlı (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · am ሱሰኛ (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · is aðdáandi (adherent or fan) · ms penagih (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ru приверженец (adherent or fan) · tr müptela (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fr addict (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ia dependente (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · tr müptela (adherent or fan) · sl zasvojenec (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · bgc चासड़ू (adherent or fan) · tr tutkun (adherent or fan) · hi शौंड (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ru зави́симый (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ko 중독자 (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fi addikti (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · eo maniulo (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fi väärinkäyttäjä (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fi -himoinen (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · mk зависник (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · id pecandu (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · is fíkill (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · id penggemar (adherent or fan) · gd tràill (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · mi kiriwara (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ca addicte (adherent or fan) · pt viciado (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · de Narkomane (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · es vicioso (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · it dipendente (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fi fani (adherent or fan) · pl nałogowiec (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · sv narkoman (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · pt entusiasta (adherent or fan) · ja 中毒者 (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · et sõltlane (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fi kannattaja (adherent or fan) · fr intoxiquée (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ca addicte (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ar مُدْمِن (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fi entusiasti (adherent or fan) · ia narcomano (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ru наркома́нка (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fr intoxiqué (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fr dépendant (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · tl may-sugapa (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · sv missbrukare (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · da addict (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · yi אַדיקט (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · pl uzależniony (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · eo toksomaniulo (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ga andúileach (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · fi riippuvainen (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · sw mraibu (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · ast adictu (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · cs fanatik (adherent or fan) · kn ಅಳುಪು (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · nl fan (adherent or fan) · pl maniak (adherent or fan) · bg привъ́рженик (adherent or fan) · nl verslaafde (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · hy մոլ (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) · pt adicto (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti
Proto-Italic *deikō
Latin dīcō
Latin addīcō
Latin addictusbor.
English addict
Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
Meanings
(Ancient-Rome, transitive) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
(archaic, reflexive) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
Having resided some time in this place, we returned to the other country-house which we had left, where lord B— addicted himself so much to hunting, and other male diversions, that I began to think he neglected me […]. 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 88, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume III, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
They addict themselves to the civil law. 1644 November 3 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 25 October 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
(obsolete, transitive) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
(obsolete, reflexive) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
(archaic, transitive) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. January 19, 1754, Samuel Johnson, The Adventurer, number 126:
(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
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