shopaholism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English schoppe English shop 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 *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English alcoholism English -oholism English -aholism English shopaholism From shop + -aholism, by analogy with alcoholism, from alcohol.
Meanings
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(uncountable) An addiction to shopping; the condition of a shopaholic.
Yeah, she’s trim, organized and snippy, with the makeup, the Manhattan job and the shopaholism, but she’s also the one in the couple who can’t really grow up because she lives with her dad.
2007 January 3, Virginia Heffernan, “Hey! Never Underestimate the Average Joe”, in New York Times:
Translations (5)
sh kupoholičarstvo (addiction) · pl zakupoholizm (addiction) · de Kaufsucht (addiction) · ru шопоголи́зм (addiction) · sh купохоличарство (addiction)