chocoholic

noun, adj — 2 senses

chocoholic

noun

Etymology From choco(late) + -holic.

1

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

  • Chocoholics are confessing at the rate of the nuns of Loudon to demonic possession.1983, Betty Fussell, Masters of American Cookery, University of Nebraska Press, published 2005, →ISBN, part 3, 367:
Related terms
chocoholism

chocoholic

adj

Etymology From choco(late) + -holic.

1

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

  • At tonight’s table, there are two couples, both here because the man had bought the session for his chocoholic partner as a present […]2008 February 16, Jess Cartner-Morley, “The family challenge”, in The Guardian:
  • 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.

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