dipsomaniac

  • 91insanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of mental soundness Nouns 1. insanity, lunacy, derangement, craziness, feeblemindedness; abnormal behavior, pathology; affective disorder; nervous breakdown; antisocial, compulsive, cyclothymic,… …

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  • 92Madman — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Madman >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 madman madman lunatic maniac bedlamite candidate for Bedlam raver madcap Sgm: N 1 energumen energumen Sgm: N 1 automaniac automaniac monomaniac …

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  • 93dippy — dip|py [ˈdıpi] adj informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from dipso drunk person (19 21 centuries), from dipsomaniac] silly or crazy …

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  • 94dipso — n an alcoholic or drunkard. A shortening of the term dipsomaniac (from the Greek dipsa, meaning thirst) …

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  • 95dipsy — n, adj American 1. (an) alcoholic or drunk. In this sense the word is based on dipsomaniac , as are dipso and tipsy . 2. (a person who is) foolish …

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  • 96dip —    1. to steal    Literally, to put into liquid, which involves a downward movement, and so a dip or dipper is a pickpocket:     Dipping, lifting money out of a mug s pocket. (Kersh, 1936)     Twenty years of muggers and dips, safe men and… …

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  • 97dipsomania — [ˌdɪpsə(ʊ) meɪnɪə] noun alcoholism, specifically in a form characterized by intermittent bouts of craving for alcohol. Derivatives dipsomaniac noun Origin C19: from Gk dipso (from dipsa thirst ) + mania …

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  • 98dipso — noun (C) slang a dipsomaniac …

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  • 99alcoholic — 1. adjective alcoholic drinks Syn: intoxicating, inebriating, containing alcohol, fermented; strong, hard, stiff; formal spirituous 2. noun he is an alcoholic Syn: dipsomaniac, drunk, drunkard, heavy/hard/serious drinker, problem drinker …

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  • 100drunk — 1. adjective he was so drunk he couldn t stand up Syn: intoxicated, inebriated, inebriate, impaired, drunken, tipsy, under the influence; informal plastered, smashed, bombed, sloshed, sozzled, sauced, lubricated, well oiled, wrecked, juiced,… …

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