caraholic

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noun

A person who is addicted to driving or collecting cars.

OriginEnglish alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho →
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Meanings

nouncaraholic (plural caraholics)

plural caraholics

  1. informalA person who is addicted to driving or collecting cars.

    "I am a caraholic, so I have several models at my disposal. I like variety in my vehicles."

    2008, Gloria Morgan, Love's Best Gift, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 47
    2 more examples

    FWIW, we drove a Renault Megane when we were in France a couple of years ago. I'm not a caraholic, all I usually care about is that it get me from point A to point B, which the Megane did very nicely. Of course, it was almost brand new...

    2001 June 12, Alden Hackmann, “Re: What were they thinking?”, in rec.crafts.metalworking (Usenet)

    'I live about two minutes away from here. I could actually walk here faster than I can drive – if I wasn't such a lazy caraholic. […]

    2005, Mandasue Heller, The Charmer, Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
  3. Proto-Celtic*karros
  4. Gaulish*karros
  5. Latincarrus
  6. Anglo-Normancarre
  7. Middle Englishcarre
  8. Englishcar
  9. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  10. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  11. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  12. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  13. Medieval Latinalcoho
  14. Middle Englishalcofol
  15. Englishalcohol
  16. Englishalcoholic
  17. Englishcaraholic

From car + -aholic.

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APA

caraholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caraholic

MLA

“caraholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caraholic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caraholic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caraholic.

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