chocoholic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
adj
  1. Addicted or seemingly addicted to chocolate; characteristic of a chocoholic.

Word forms

chocoholic chocoholics more chocoholic most chocoholic

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl chocolātlbor. Spanish chocolatebor. English chocolate Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English chocoholic From choc(olate) + -oholic.

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