1. alcoholic

noun. ['ˌælkəˈhɑːlɪk'] a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually.

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How do you spell alcoholic? Is it alcoholical ?

A common misspelling of alcoholic is alcoholical

Example sentences of the word alcoholic

1. Adjective
In fact, you will have a higher blood-alcohol concentration if you drink alcoholic beverages without getting enough water.

Quotes containing the word alcoholic

1. A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.
- Carolyn G. Heilbrun

2. I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here is one I would suggest: "Alcohol will turn you into the same asshole your father was.
- George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?

3. I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the day."(Interview with The Booklovers blog, September 2010)
- Gail Carriger

2. alcoholic

adjective. ['ˌælkəˈhɑːlɪk'] characteristic of or containing alcohol.

3. alcoholic

adjective. ['ˌælkəˈhɑːlɪk'] addicted to alcohol.