addict
SubstantivAdjektivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈæd.ɪkt//
- //əˈdɪkt//
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
Substantiv
- 1
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
a heroin addict
He is an addict when it comes to chocolate cookies.
Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).
A stressful environment in which there is ready access to drugs can trump a low genetic risk of addiction in these animals. The same may be true for humans, too. And that’s a notion many find hard to believe: Just about anyone, regardless of baseline genetic risk, can become an addict under the right circumstances.
- 2
An adherent or fan (of something).
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Latin addīcō Latin addictusbor. English addict Borrowed from Latin addictus, past participle of addīcō (“deliver; devote; surrender”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + dīcō (“say; declare”)
Adjektiv
- 1
altertümlichAddicted.
- 2
veraltetBound, tied to, obligated.
Verb
- 1
To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
- 2
altertümlichTo devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
They addict themselves to the civil law.
Having resided some time in this place, we returned to the other country-house which we had left, where lord B— addicted himself so much to hunting, and other male diversions, that I began to think he neglected me […].
- 3
veraltetTo bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
- 4
veraltetTo devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
- 5
altertümlichTo devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations.
- 6
To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity.
Formen
- Plural
- addicts
- Komparativ
- more addict
- Superlativ
- most addict
- Präteritum
- addicted
- Partizip II
- addicted
- Partizip I
- addicting
- 3. Person Singular
- addicts
addict · A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.
addicted · Having a biochemical addiction.addiction · A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or…addictive · Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.