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aquaholic en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aquabor. Middle English aqua English aqua- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English aquaholic From aqua- + -holic.

Meanings

Addicted to water.
Of a place, or person, that consumes more than the average amount of water.
- It is aquaholic, chronically so. With one-fifth as much water as the East, its withdrawal depletions are four times as great. 1963, Roma K. McNickle, Water: Development, Utilization, Conservation, page 177:

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most aquaholic	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more aquaholic	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

aquaholic en · NOUN

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Meanings

A person who is addicted to consuming too much water.
- Andrew Else was an aquaholic for 30 years, an inquest into his death heard. Yesterday his brother, Stephen, said he should not have been left alone near free-flowing water. 2008 October 31, Angela Balakrishnan, “Man addicted to water dies by drinking from hosepipe”, in The Guardian.co.uk:

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aquaholics	Number=Plur		lexicographic