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addicted

/əˈdɪktɪd/ adjective B2
  1. Having a biochemical addiction.
  2. Devoted to or obsessed with something.
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On these occasions I have noticed such a dreamy, vacant expression in his eyes, that I might have suspected him of being addicted to the use of some narcotic, had not the temperance and cleanliness of his whole life forbidden such a notion.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 11 · B2
Like other dwellers in the south, he was a man of sober habits and moderate desires, but fond of external show, vain, and addicted to display.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 280 · C1

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