adjective
- of or relating to allergy: an allergic reaction to wool.
- having an allergy.
- Informal. having a strong dislike or aversion: He’s allergic to most modern music.
adjective
- of, relating to, having, or caused by an allergy
- (postpositive foll by to) informal having an aversion (to)he’s allergic to work
1911, from allergy + -ic; cf. French allergique (1906). Figurative use, “antipathetic, repulsed” is from 1936.
adj.
- Of, caused, or characterized by an allergy.
- Having an allergy or exhibiting an allergic reaction to a substance.