6 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
noun a narcotics addict
noun someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
originEtymology tree English junk Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ Scots -ieinflu. English -ie English junkie From junk (“narcotic drug”) + -ie.
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