alcoholic Syllabification: (al·co·hol·ic)Pronunciation: /ˌalkəˈhôlik, -ˈhäl-/Translate alcoholic | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of alcoholic adjective containing or relating to alcoholic liquor:beer is the favorite alcoholic drink caused by the excessive consumption of alcohol:alcoholic liver disease suffering from alcoholism:his alcoholic daughter was the cause of his anxiety noun a person suffering from alcoholism. alcoholic in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of alcoholic in the British & World English dictionary
