"taxaholic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more taxaholic [comparative], most taxaholic [superlative]
Etymology: tax + -aholic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tax|aholic}} tax + -aholic Head templates: {{en-adj}} taxaholic (comparative more taxaholic, superlative most taxaholic)
  1. (informal, derogatory) Having or supporting excessive taxes. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-taxaholic-en-adj-96bU46Gr Disambiguation of People: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -aholic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -aholic: 65 35

Noun [English]

Forms: taxaholics [plural]
Etymology: tax + -aholic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tax|aholic}} tax + -aholic Head templates: {{en-noun}} taxaholic (plural taxaholics)
  1. (informal, derogatory) A person or government which institutes or supports excessive taxes. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): People Related terms: taxocrat
    Sense id: en-taxaholic-en-noun-VZdk4JZm Disambiguation of People: 60 40

Inflected forms

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