{"era":"current","word":"addiction","meaning":"the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"addictus","meaning":"assigned, given over to (past participle of addicere)","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"addicere","meaning":"to deliver, devote, give over, award","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Modern English"}