alcoholic English · revision 15022

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌæl.kəˈhɒl.ɪk/, US /ˌæl.kəˈhɑː.lɪk/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[alcohol]] and [[-ic]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or relating to alcohol: 1789 in Merriam-Webster, 1790 in Etymonline and the OED.^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Preserved in alcohol is from 1852,^(OED 1989) and caused by drinking alcohol from 1850 in the OED, by 1872 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The noun, a person addicted to drink, is from 1891;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) an earlier word was alcoholist (1877 in clinical writing), which in temperance literature had meant simply a drinker.^(Etymonline) The adjective, habitually drunk, is by 1910.^(Etymonline) Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 in Akron, Ohio.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1789 – of alcohol.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1852 – preserved in alcohol.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1877 – alcoholist.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1891 – an alcoholic (noun).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1935 – Alcoholics Anonymous founded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of, containing or resulting from [[alcohol]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Preserved in alcohol.^(AHD)

+ # Suffering from [[alcoholism]].^(AHD)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who drinks alcohol habitually and to excess, or who suffers from alcoholism.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[alcoholically]]

+ * [[alcoholicity]]

+ * [[prealcoholic]]

+ * [[nonalcoholic]]

+ * [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[alcohol]]

+ * [[alcoholism]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}