He was still recovering from the dipso he had been in his debauched youth.
dipso in American English
(ˈdɪpsoʊ)
noun
Slang
a dipsomaniac
dipso in American English
(ˈdɪpsou)
nounWord forms: plural-sos
slang
a dipsomaniac; habitual drunk
Word origin
[1875–80; by shortening; cf. -o]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fan-tan, massage, pressure point, slime mold, weekend-o is a suffix occurring as the final element in informal shortenings of nouns (ammo; combo; condo; limo; promo); -o also forms nouns, usually derogatory, for persons or things exemplifying or associatedwith that specified by the base noun or adjective (cheapo; pinko; sicko; weirdo; wino)