Dictionary

chocoholic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl chocolātlbor. Spanish chocolatebor. English chocolate 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 chocoholic From choco(late) + -holic.

Meanings

1. Addicted or seemingly addicted to chocolate; characteristic of a chocoholic.
   • At tonight’s table, there are two couples, both here because the man had bought the session for his chocoholic partner as a present […] 2008 February 16, Jess Cartner-Morley, “The family challenge”, in The Guardian:
   • 2014, Suzanne Loudermilk Haughey, “What’s In a Name?” baltimoremagazine.net, 5 June, 2014, A wedge of chocolate-ganache cake with Kahlua and whipped cream will satisfy any chocoholic cravings.

Forms

chocoholic en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl chocolātlbor. Spanish chocolatebor. English chocolate 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 chocoholic From choco(late) + -holic.

Meanings

1. (informal) Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
   • Chocoholics are confessing at the rate of the nuns of Loudon to demonic possession. 1983, Betty Fussell, Masters of American Cookery, University of Nebraska Press, published 2005, →ISBN, part 3, 367:

Forms

Relateds

chocoholism

Synonyms

chocolatoholic · chocomaniac

Translations (2)

fr chocoholique (chocolate addict) · pt chocólatra (chocolate addict)