dope fiend

See also: dopefiend

English

Etymology

From dope +‎ fiend.

Noun

dope fiend (plural dope fiends)

1. (derogatory, dated) A person who abuses drugs.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:addict

   • 1914, Arthur B[enjamin] Reeve, “The Toxin of Death”, in The Dream Doctor (The Craig Kennedy Series), New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 163:

     Of course you know how prohibition works in many places and how the law is beaten. The dope fiends seem to be doing the same thing with this law.

Alternative forms

• dopefiend

Related terms

• dope sick, dopesick
• feening, fiending

Translations

drug addict — see drug addict