alkieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Clipping of alcoholic +‎ -ie. First use appears c. 1844 in the defunct periodical Akron Ohio Buzzard.

発音

• IPA: /ˈæl.ki/

名詞

alkie (plural alkies)

1. (informal) An alcoholic.
   • 1966, Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance:

     You want to know what it's like to be an alkie, don't you, boy?

   • 1994, Faye Morgan, Riding the Gold Curve:

     Also, she fed patients who were unable to feed themselves and, occasionally, dealt with an alkie who treated a patient badly.

同意語

• See Thesaurus:drunkard

参考

• junkie

アナグラム

• Kalie, alike