ADDICTED


Meaning of ADDICTED in English

■ adjective

1》 physically dependent on a particular substance.

2》 informal devoted to a particular interest or activity: he's ~ to computers.

Origin

C16: from the obs. adjective addict 'bound or devoted', from L. addict- , addicere 'assign', from ad- 'to' + dicere 'say'.

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