photoholic

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noun

A keen photographer.

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

nounphotoholic (plural photoholics)

plural photoholics

  1. informalA keen photographer.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  10. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  11. Englishphotographclip.
  12. Englishphoto
  13. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  14. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  15. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  16. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  17. Medieval Latinalcoho
  18. Middle Englishalcofol
  19. Englishalcohol
  20. Englishalcoholic
  21. Englishphotoholic

From photo + -holic.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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