"workalcoholic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more workalcoholic [comparative], most workalcoholic [superlative]
Etymology: work + alcoholic. Etymology templates: {{com|en|work|alcoholic}} work + alcoholic Head templates: {{en-adj}} workalcoholic (comparative more workalcoholic, superlative most workalcoholic)
  1. Workaholic.
    Sense id: en-workalcoholic-en-adj-ZR1EEJej Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun

Forms: workalcoholics [plural]
Etymology: work + alcoholic. Etymology templates: {{com|en|work|alcoholic}} work + alcoholic Head templates: {{en-noun}} workalcoholic (plural workalcoholics)
  1. Workaholic.
    Sense id: en-workalcoholic-en-noun-ZR1EEJej Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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