addict
- n someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
a golf addict - n someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
- v to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
addiction
- n being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- n an abnormally strong craving
- n (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery
adding machine
- n a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions
addis ababa
- n the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia