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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-aholic, - suffix. -aholic (originally taken from the word alcoholic) ) is used to form new words with the general meaning "a person who is addicted to or strongly desires (some object or activity),'' the activity being shown by the initial part of the word. Thus, a chargeaholic is someone who uses a charge card a lot;
a foodaholic is someone who always wants food.Compare -holic.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-aholic, - a combining form extracted from alcoholic, occurring as the final element in compounds, often facetious nonce words, with the sense "a person who has an addiction to or obsession with some object or activity'':workaholic; chargeaholic.
Also, -holic. - by extraction, with a replacing o as the spelling, spelled of the unstressed vowel
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