Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chocoholic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: choco-holic
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.

Informal

adj

Addicted or seemingly addicted to chocolate; characteristic of a chocoholic.

Example Sentences

"Chocoholics are confessing at the rate of the nuns of Loudon to demonic possession."
"At tonight’s table, there are two couples, both here because the man had bought the session for his chocoholic partner as a present […]"
"2014, Suzanne Loudermilk Haughey, “What’s In a Name?” baltimoremagazine.net, 5 June, 2014, A wedge of chocolate-ganache cake with Kahlua and whipped cream will satisfy any chocoholic cravings."

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl chocolātlbor. Spanish chocolatebor. English chocolate Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English chocoholic From choco(late) + -holic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chocolate

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

chocoholics (plural) more chocoholic (comparative) most chocoholic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

chocoholism

Synonyms

chocolatoholic chocomaniac

Questions

What does chocoholic mean?: Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
Where does chocoholic come from?: Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl chocolātlbor. Spanish chocolatebor. English chocolate Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English chocoholic From choco(late) + -holic.

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