| Definitions | | addictive |
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noun
- A drug that causes an addiction.
- Anything that is very habit-forming.
adjective
- Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
- "addictive drugs", "an addictive behavior"
- Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
- "an addictive personality"
Translations: Etymology: First attested w:1914, 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested w:1906, 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from w:1779, 1779, with reference to tobacco.
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