alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse
(noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dipsomaniac (plural dipsomaniacs)
One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.
• (drunkard): alcoholic, dipso, drunkard, lush, sot; See also drunkard
• (drunkard): abstainer, teetotaler; See also teetotaler
Source: Wiktionary
Dip`so*ma"ni*ac, n.
Definition: One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 November 2024
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
