one who exhibits an obsessive need for or interest in (something specified)
▶ USAGE: Frequently in nonce constructions [foodaholic, spendaholic]
Word origin
-a- + alcoholic
-aholic in American English
suffix
a combining form extracted from alcoholic, occurring as the final element in compounds, often facetious nonce words, with the sense “a person who has an addiction to or obsession with some object or activity”
workaholic
chargeaholic
Also: -holic
Word origin
[by extraction, with a replacing o as the sp. of the unstressed vowel]