dipsomaniac
English
Etymology
dipso- + -maniac
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪp.sə(ʊ)ˈmeɪn.i.æk/
- Rhymes: -eɪniæk
Noun
dipsomaniac (plural dipsomaniacs)
- One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
- 1909, G. K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, New York: John Lane, “The Progressive,” p. 54,
- The dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
- 1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, 2001, Part Two, Chapter 2,
- The Spaniards are nice, but, of course, most of them are terribly poor, the ones who aren’t are impossible, I don’t like the tourists, mainly English and American dipsomaniacs, paid, my dear, by their families to stay away.
- 1909, G. K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, New York: John Lane, “The Progressive,” p. 54,
- A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.
Synonyms
- (drunkard): alcoholic, dipso, drunkard, lush, sot; See also Thesaurus:drunkard
Antonyms
- (drunkard): abstainer, teetotaler; See also Thesaurus:teetotaler
Related terms
- dipsomania
- dipsomaniacal
Translations
An alcoholic
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