"cookieholic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cookieholics [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English cookieholic From cookie + -holic. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|cookie|-holic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English cookieholic From cookie + -holic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cookieholic (plural cookieholics)
  1. (informal, sometimes attributive) A person who is intensely fond of cookies. Tags: attributive, informal, sometimes

Inflected forms

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