addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky
(noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; “a golf addict”; “a car nut”; “a bodybuilding freak”; “a news junkie”
freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae
(noun) a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
freak (plural freaks)
A sudden change of mind
Synonyms: whim, vagary, caprice
Someone or something that is markedly unusual or unpredictable.
A hippie.
A drug addict.
(of a person) A nonconformist, especially in appearance, social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (i.e, "circus freak"); unique, sometimes in a displeasing way.
(bodybuilding) A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 120 kilos (260 pounds).
An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
(informal, sometimes, affectionate) A very sexually perverse individual.
(dated) A streak of colour; variegation.
• (sudden change): caprice, fancy; see also whim
• (markedly unusual): anomaly, outlier; see also anomaly
• (hippie): longhair, treehugger
• (drug addict): druggie, user; see also addict
• (nonconformist): odd duck, weirdo; see also strange person or maverick
• (especially muscular bodybuilder)
• (enthusiast): fanatic, geek; see also fan
• (sexually perverse individual): horn dog, hypersexual, pervert; see also libidinist
• (streak of colour): superciliary (birds), vein
freak (third-person singular simple present freaks, present participle freaking, simple past and past participle freaked)
(transitive) To make greatly distressed and/or a discomposed appearance
(transitive) To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug
(transitive) To streak; to variegate
(intransitive) To experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
(intransitive) To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure
freak (not comparable)
strange, weird, unexpected
• See strange or lucky
freak (plural freaks)
A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) A fellow; a petulant young man.
• faker
Source: Wiktionary
Freak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Freaking.] Etym: [Akin to OE. frakin, freken, freckle, Icel. freknur, pl., Sw. fräkne, Dan. fregne, Gr. prsçni variegated. Cf. Freckle, Freck.]
Definition: To variegate; to checker; to streak. [R.] Freaked with many a mingled hue. Thomson.
Freak, n. Etym: [Prob. from OE. frek bold, AS. frec bold, greedly; akin to OHG. freh greedly, G. frech insolent, Icel. frekr greedly, Goth. faĂhufriks avaricious.]
Definition: A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a whim of fancy; a capricious prank; a vagary or caprice. She is restless and peevish, and sometimes in a freak will instantly change her habitation. Spectator.
Syn.
– Whim; caprice; folly; sport. See Whim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
