dope fiend

See also: dopefiend

English

Etymology

From dope +‎ fiend.

Noun

dope fiend (plural dope fiends)

(derogatory, dated) A person who abuses drugs.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:addict
- 1914, Arthur B[enjamin] Reeve, “The Toxin of Death”, in The Dream Doctor (The Craig Kennedy Series), New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 163:
  Of course you know how prohibition works in many places and how the law is beaten. The dope fiends seem to be doing the same thing with this law.

Alternative forms

dopefiend

Related terms

dope sick, dopesick
feening, fiending

Translations

drug addict — see drug addict

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