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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
workalcoholic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
English work
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 workalcoholic
From work + alcoholic.
Meanings
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Workaholic.
But the biggest reason we're getting fatter is in our workalcoholic culture where success is akin to godliness and filaments of Puritanism still remain, we use food as one of our few paths to pleasure.
2003, Marie Beach, Lighten Up! Lose Weight!: A 10 Week Self-Hypnosis Program, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 31:
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workalcoholic en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
English work
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 workalcoholic
From work + alcoholic.
Meanings
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Workaholic.
Trust me, I've been known to be a workalcoholic. So keeping focus on business shouldn't be a problem.
2014, Alexandra Medini, From This Day Forward, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:Koreans generally work very hard and are often considered to be workalcoholics.
2005, Melvin Ember, Carol R. Ember, Ian Skoggard, Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Volume I: Overviews and Topics; Volume II: Diaspora Communities, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 989:A workalcoholic himself, Srinivasan takes genuine interest in getting the right kind of people into the company. Even today, every hiring decision (even blue-collar jobs) has to be okayed by him.
2009, V.S.P. Rao, V Hari Krishna, Management: Text and Cases, Excel Books India, →ISBN, page 351:The term workalcoholic, continued Carney, is wrongly used in a negative context. Workalcoholics are just as happy as the person who only works 40 hours a week.
1981, Army Research, Development and Acquisition:
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