boozehound

Etymology

From booze + hound.

boozehound means alcoholic, drunkard Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

alcoholic, drunkard“A 47-year-old, nondescript boozehound who once programmed computers for the French government, Houellebecq is an unlikely choice as either a literary lion or sacrificial lamb.”