Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Alcoholic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alcoholic \Al`co*hol"ic\, a. [Cf. F. alcolique.]
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities;
derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as,
alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alcoholic \Al`co*hol"ic\, n.
1. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
2. pl. Alcoholic liquors.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alcoholic
adj 1: used of beverages; containing alcohol; "alcoholic beverages"
[ant: {nonalcoholic}]
2: addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl
Van Doren [syn: {alcohol-dependent}]
n : a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: {dipsomaniac},
{boozer}, {lush}, {soaker}, {souse}]
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