Meaning & use
Dipso
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An informal, shortened term for "dipsomaniac," a person with an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for alcohol.
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The old sailor was known around the docks as the local dipso.
His family finally staged an intervention after years of watching him behave like a dipso.
A note on using this word
An informal clipping used mainly in British English; the fuller and more clinical term is "dipsomaniac."
Words with a similar meaning
alcoholicboozer
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Words with an opposite meaning
teetotaler
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