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shagaholic

noun

Etymology

From shag (“to have sexual intercourse with”) + -aholic.

  1. derived from *(s)kek-✻
  2. inherited from *skaggô✻
  3. inherited from sċeacga — “hair, wool”
  4. inherited from *schagge✻
  5. suffixed as shagaholic — “shag + aholic”

Definitions

  1. A person who is addicted to sex.

    • You young 'uns might not believe this, but Michael Caine burst on to the screen as a bona fide sex symbol thanks to Alfie, about a Cockney shagaholic who made the most of the Swinging '60s.
    • Myers may still be having fun with his shagaholic spy, as well as the rest of the characters he plays, but he's the only one still laughing.
    • "I suppose in some ways I was a shagaholic," [Roger Daltrey] says, chewing on a fig from a fruit platter. "I just liked female company on the road."

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