Meanings
- informaluncountableThe state of being addicted to coffee.
I wonder how many parents unwittingly have sown the seeds of coffeeholism in their kids by serving them really milked-down coffee at a very early age? My officemate and I, both coffee fiends, had the same experience as tots (4 or 5 years old).
1994 April 4, Joseph Lavinus Ganley, “Re: FAQ: Mail Order Vendor List”, in alt.food.coffee (Usenet)1 more example
Alcoholics may be somewhat related to sugarholics who can’t stop eating sugar, to coffeeholics who can’t stop with one cup of coffee, or smokers who find that one cigarette leads to another. […] You will soon learn that sugarholism and or coffeeholism can be caused by, or be the outgrowth of, another malfunctioning gland, the pancreas, and what to do about it.
1980, Linda Clark, “Outwitting Addictions: Alcohol, Sugar, Coffee, Tobbaco” (chapter 12), in The New Way to Eat, Millbrae, Calif.: Celestial Arts, →ISBN, pages 119–120
Origin
- Arabicقَهْوَة (qahwa)
- Ottoman Turkishقهوه (kahve)
- Italiancaffè
- Dutchkoffie
- Englishcoffee
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholism
- Englishcoffeeholism
Cite this entry
coffeeholism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffeeholism
“coffeeholism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coffeeholism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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