addictive

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.

Adjective

 * 1) Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
 * 2) Enjoyable, so that one comes back for more.
 * 3) * 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
 * 1) Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
 * 1) Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

Translations

 * Arabic: إِدْمَانِيّ
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 使人成癮的
 * Czech: návykový
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: dependiga
 * Finnish: riippuvuutta aiheuttava, addiktiivinen,
 * French:, qui rend accro, qui crée une dépendance, qui entraîne une dépendance
 * German: süchtig machend,
 * Hebrew: ממכר
 * Italian: che causa dipendenza, che dà dipendenza
 * Japanese: 中毒性, 常習的
 * Maori: whakawara
 * Polish: uzależniający, powodujący uzależnienie
 * Portuguese: viciante, viciador, que causa dependência
 * Romanian:, adictiv
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: zasvojljiv
 * Spanish:, que crea dependencia, que produce dependencia, que crea adicción, enviciador
 * Swedish:, vanebildande
 * Thai: เสพติด
 * Turkish: alışkanlık yapan
 * Volapük: ludivodik


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 使人著迷的, 使人着迷的
 * Finnish: koukuttava
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: zasvojljiv


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 容易著迷的, 容易着迷的, 容易上癮的
 * Finnish: riippuvuuteen taipuvainen, addiktoituva
 * Russian: скло́нный к привыка́нию

Noun

 * 1) A drug that causes an addiction.
 * 2) Anything that is very habit-forming.