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addicting.

Causing addiction.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/əˈdɪktɪŋ/

  1. Causing addiction.

    US
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Latin addīcō Latin addictusbor. English addict English -ing English addicting From addict + -ing.

verb/əˈdɪktɪŋ/

  1. present participle and gerund of addict

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Latin addīcō Latin addictusbor. English addict English -ing English addicting From addict + -ing.

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