noun
a person who has an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic beverages
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The hospital staff suspected the patient may be a dipsomaniac due to his excessive alcohol consumption.
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I heard she's a real dipsomaniac, always drinking way too much at parties.
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He's such a dipsomaniac, he can never turn down a drink.
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Her obsession with shopping is like a dipsomaniac's need for alcohol.