filmaholic

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noun

A film enthusiast.

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

nounfilmaholic (plural filmaholics)

plural filmaholics

  1. informalA film enthusiast.

    My father had been a dialogue-quoting filmaholic—an occupational hazard that drove my mother, and audiences, nuts.

    2009, Karl Meade, chapter 2, in Odd Jobs, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 19

    Synonyms: cineast, cinephile, movieholic

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA film enthusiast.

Similar
cineastcinephilemovieholic
Also see
cinemaholiccinephilemovieholic

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  2. Proto-Germanic*felma-
  3. Proto-Germanic*filmīn-
  4. Old Englishfilmen
  5. Middle Englishfilme
  6. Englishfilm
  7. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  8. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  9. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  10. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  11. Medieval Latinalcoho
  12. Middle Englishalcofol
  13. Englishalcohol
  14. Englishalcoholic
  15. Englishfilmaholic

From film + -aholic.

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APA

filmaholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmaholic

MLA

“filmaholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmaholic. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filmaholic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmaholic.

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