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Word: Addicted
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from the obsolete adjective addict ‘bound or devoted (to someone’), from Latin addict- ‘assigned’, from the verb addicere, from ad- ‘to’ + dicere ‘say’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈdɪktɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance
Short Definition:physically and mentally dependent on particular substance
Examples:- I became addicted to alcohol very quickly
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