addictive
Etymology
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation- IPA: /əˈdɪktɪv/
addictive
- Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
- These are addictive drugs.
- Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.
- 1991, Rich Pelley, "Tilt" (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 62, page 52)
- There are loads of mazes, it's all really good fun and utterly addictive […]
- 1991, Rich Pelley, "Tilt" (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 62, page 52)
- Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
- He has an addictive personality.
- French: addictif, qui rend accro, qui crée une dépendance, qui entraîne une dépendance
- German: süchtig machend, verführerisch
- Italian: che causa dipendenza, che dà dipendenza
- Portuguese: viciante, viciador, que causa dependência
- Russian: затя́гивающий
- Spanish: adictivo, que crea dependencia, que produce dependencia, que crea adicción, enviciador
- Russian: затя́гивающий
- Russian: склонный к привыканию
addictive (plural addictives)
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004
