Associations to the word «Alcoholic»

Wiktionary

ALCOHOLIC, noun. A person addicted to alcohol.
ALCOHOLIC, noun. One who abuses alcohol.
ALCOHOLIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to alcohol.
ALCOHOLIC, adjective. Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.
ALCOHOLIC, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or affected by alcoholism

Dictionary definition

ALCOHOLIC, noun. A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.
ALCOHOLIC, adjective. Characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks".
ALCOHOLIC, adjective. Addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats