Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pizzaholic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
piz-za-holic
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

one who is addicted to pizza.

Informal

Etymology

Etymology tree Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta)bor. Neapolitan pizzabor. English pizza 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 pizzaholic From pizza + -holic.

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Questions

What does pizzaholic mean?
one who is addicted to pizza.
Where does pizzaholic come from?
Etymology tree Byzantine Greek πίτα (píta)bor. Neapolitan pizzabor. English pizza 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 pizzaholic From pizza + -holic.

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