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tanaholic

tanaholic noun: a person who is addicted to tanning.

Noun

tanaholic (plural tanaholics)

  1. (informal) A person who is addicted to tanning.
    • For the "tanaholic," then, the psychological appeal of lying in the sun has an almost primordial component, bringing him or her back to a timeless, preverbal sense of unencumbered self.1997, Daphne Merkin, Dreaming of Hitler: Passions & Provocations, Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 223
    • What if, like so many of us, you are a recovering tanaholic? There are some effective, but expensive, treatments to help your skin look better.2007, Kate Klimo, Buffy Shutt, Coming of Age...All Over Again: The Ultimate Midlife Handbook, Springboard Press, →ISBN

Forms of tanaholic

pluraltanaholics

Origin of tanaholic

From tan + -aholic.

Questions about tanaholic

What does tanaholic mean?
Tanaholic means a person who is addicted to tanning.
What part of speech is tanaholic?
Tanaholic is a noun.
What is the plural of tanaholic?
The plural of tanaholic is tanaholics.

Words near tanaholic in the dictionary

  1. Tanah Merah
  2. tanahdar
  3. tanahdars
  4. Tanahjampea bent-toed gecko
  5. Tanahjampea bent-toed geckos
  6. tanaholic
  7. tanaholics
  8. tanahs
  9. tanaid
  10. tanaidacean
  11. tanaidaceans

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