The difference between Dipsomaniac and Lush
When used as nouns, dipsomaniac means one with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol, whereas lush means drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
Lush is also verb with the meaning: to drink (liquor) to excess.
Lush is also adjective with the meaning: lax.
check bellow for the other definitions of Dipsomaniac and Lush
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Dipsomaniac as a noun:
One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic.
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Dipsomaniac as a noun:
A persistently drunken person; a drunkard.
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Lush as an adjective (obsolete):
Lax; slack; limp; flexible.
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Lush as an adjective (dialectal):
Mellow; soft; easily turned.
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Lush as an adjective (of [[vegetation]]):
Dense, teeming with life.
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Lush as an adjective (slang, of [[food]]):
Luxuriant, delicious.
Examples:
"That meal was lush! We have to go that restaurant again sometime!"
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Lush as an adjective (British, slang):
Beautiful, sexy.
Examples:
"Boys with long hair are lush!"
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Lush as an adjective (British, Canada, slang):
Amazing, cool, fantastic, wicked.
Examples:
"Your voice is lush, Lucy! I could listen to it all day!"
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Lush as a noun (slang, pejorative):
Drunkard, sot, alcoholic.
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Lush as a noun (slang):
Intoxicating liquor.
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Lush as a noun (Hawaii, Pidgin, slang):
A person who enjoys talking about themselves
Examples:
"Am I humble or am I a lush?"
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Lush as a verb (ambitransitive):
To drink (liquor) to excess.