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Alcoholic

adjective

Characteristic of or containing alcohol.

Addicted to alcohol. Synonym: alcohol-dependent.

noun

A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually. Synonyms: alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, lush, soaker, souse.

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"Alcoholic" Quotes from Famous Books

... War Savings Committee calls attention to the fact that the sum now being spent by the Nation on alcoholic liquors is estimated at ...

— The War After the War • Isaac Frederick Marcosson

... are probably reserved for very wild dinner parties. As for drinking pure wine no one dreams of the thing—it is a practice fit for Barbarians. There is good reason, however, for this plentiful use of water. In the original state Greek wines were very strong, perhaps almost as alcoholic as whisky, and the Athenians have no Scotch climate to excuse the ...

— A Day In Old Athens • William Stearns Davis

... received intelligence from Edward Granger that his stepfather had died suddenly of heart trouble, brought on by an undue use of alcoholic mixtures. Edward concluded: "Now there is nothing to mar my mother's happiness. I live at home and manage her business, besides filling a responsible place in a broker's office. We hope you will pay us a visit before ...

— Chester Rand - or The New Path to Fortune • Horatio Alger, Jr

... various fluids—Flemming's strong solution, Hermann's platino-aceto-osmic, Gilson's mercuro-nitric, Lenhossek's alcoholic sublimate acetic, and corrosive acetic. Flemming's and Hermann's fluids followed by safranin gave good results in most cases. The mercuro-nitric solution and Lenhossek's fluid gave excellent fixation and ...

— Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) • Nettie Maria Stevens

... with water at 4, the relative density is the same as the absolute density, since the unit of mass in the C.G.S. system is the weight of a cubic centimetre of water at this temperature. In British units, especially in connexion with the statement of relative densities of alcoholic liquors for Inland Revenue purposes, comparison is made with water at 62F. (16.6C); a reason for this is that the gallon of water is defined by statute as weighing 10 lb. at 62F., and hence the densities so expressed admit of the ready conversion ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 - "Demijohn" to "Destructor" • Various

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