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Word entry · 10 letters

alcoholism

Best crossword clue

"Addiction to drink"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/Part of speech nounSorted achillmoosStarts with AEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
1A2L3C4O5H6O7L8I9S10M

Definitions

  1. an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

Word origin

From alcohol + -ism. Derived from New Latin alcoholismus chronicus, coined by the Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss in 1849.

Used in a sentence

  • chronic alcoholism
  • struggle with alcoholism
  • effects of alcoholism

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