rageholic

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noun

A person with a highly volatile temper.

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

nounrageholic (plural rageholics)

plural rageholics · alternative rageaholic

  1. slangA person with a highly volatile temper.

    One day he turned into the rageholic and we couldn't get him calm.

    2001, Betty Rushford, Mercy Triumphs: Inspiration for Those Infected or Affected by AIDS, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 34

Origin

  1. Latinrabiō
  2. Classical Latinrabiēs
  3. Late Latinrabia
  4. Anglo-Normanrage
  5. Middle Englishrage
  6. Englishrage
  7. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  8. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  9. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  10. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  11. Medieval Latinalcoho
  12. Middle Englishalcofol
  13. Englishalcohol
  14. Englishalcoholic
  15. Englishrageholic

From rage + -holic.

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APA

rageholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rageholic

MLA

“rageholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rageholic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rageholic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rageholic.

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