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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually;
[syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characteristic of or containing alcohol;
- Example: "alcoholic drinks"

2. addicted to alcohol;
- Example: "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren
[syn: alcoholic, alcohol-dependent]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alcoholic \Al`co*hol"ic\ ([a^]l`k[-o]*h[o^]l"[i^]k), 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alcoholic \Al`co*hol"ic\, n. 1. A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Alcoholic liquors. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alcoholic adj 1: characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks" [ant: nonalcoholic] 2: addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren [syn: alcoholic, alcohol-dependent] n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse]