opium addict
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈoʊpiəm ˈædɪkt/
- NSFW
:
adicto al opio
- The den of opium addicts near the fish market has been closed down by the authorities.
- Fatt, an opium addict
Examples
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By singing "Minnie the Moocher," a swinging lament for an opium addict he had written a half-century earlier.
Academic text (2011) -
I'd turned him into an opium addict.
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Because you have become an opium addict.
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- Opium addicts are more alert than you, David.
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ls the killer an alcoholic, an opium addict and atheist?
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"Known opium addict," Davis explained, sarcasm lacing his voice.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a result, many opium addicts switched to the more highly addictive heroin, which was not covered by the act (Pinel 1993: 439).
Academic text (1999) -
Curiously, when Deeti learns Hukam is an opium addict, she identifies this as another instance of Shani exercising its willpower over her.
Academic text (2018) -
Ah Fatt is an opium addict; as the later novels reveal, he used to work as a buyer for Lynchong "Lenny" Chan, an opium boss in Canton.
Academic text (2018) -
My father is an opium addict who struggles every day with his addiction.
Synonyms
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4.3
A person who cannot stop using a drug or activity because they need it
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8.6
A person who is addicted to illegal drugs, often called in an insulting way
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3.0
A person who cannot stop using illegal or harmful drugs
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9.8
A person who often uses illegal substances
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9.9
A person who cannot stop using illegal drugs, often said in an insulting way
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5.7
A person who regularly uses drugs in a harmful or illegal way
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9.9
A person who is addicted to illegal drugs
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9.6
A person who uses illegal drugs and cannot stop
A person who often uses the drug opium and cannot stop
How Addicted
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who is addicted to opium' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'opium' (the drug) with 'addict' (a person unable to stop substance use). This straightforward noun–modifier composition is a common and predictable pattern in English (and in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The compound noun opium addict comes from the image of a person who keeps going back to opium pipes or dens because they cannot stop using the drug. Because addict means someone who needs a drug, the phrase means 'a person who is addicted to opium'.