addictive

noun

Anything that is very habit-forming.

A drug that causes an addiction.

adjective

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.

Roots

dicodict- · Latin · say

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