Definitions
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- suffix Used to make nouns and adjectives describing someone who is
addicted to something or feels acompulsion to do something.
Etymologies
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Back-formation from alcoholic.
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Examples
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In so doing, the coiner made a new suffix out of -oholic.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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But choco lent itself to the -oholic; why did Oates prefer the a?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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In so doing, the coiner made a new suffix out of -oholic.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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But choco lent itself to the -oholic; why did Oates prefer the a?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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