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Addict

//ˈæd.ɪkt//

Definitions

1
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
a heroin addict
Similar
junkie slave
2
An adherent or fan (of something).
Similar
adherent aficionado devotee

1
To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
2
To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
They addict themselves to the civil law.
3

Word Origin

Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)

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