addictive.
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Meaning & usage
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
These are addictive drugs.
Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
He has an addictive personality.
Where this word comes from
First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco.
A drug that causes an addiction.
Anything that is very habit-forming.
Where this word comes from
First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco.
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