addict
/əˈdɪkt/uh-DIKT
/əˈdɪkt/uh-DIKT
Meaninghanded over by a ruling
Common meaning: someone who cannot stop a habit
- adto, towards
- dictto say, speakLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 570 · scan
‘to, towards’ + ‘to say, speak’ → addict
Journey through time
- Latinaddictus‘assigned, made over’source
- Englishaddict‘someone who cannot stop a habit’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin dīcō ‘to say, speak’.
Roots
- dīcō, dīxī, dictum Latin “to say, speak”
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