/ əˈdɪktɪd; NAmE / adjective [ not before noun ] addicted (to sth)
1.
unable to stop taking harmful drugs, or using or doing sth as a habit :
to become addicted to drugs / gambling
2.
spending all your free time doing sth because you are so interested in it :
He's addicted to computer games.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from the obsolete adjective addict bound or devoted (to someone) , from Latin addict- assigned, from the verb addicere , from ad- to + dicere say.