Word: addictive
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ad
dic
tive
Definition: A drug that causes an addiction.
Morphemes:
Affix: addict
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
Etymology Compounds: Affix: addictus
Language: la
Decoded: addictus
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A debt slave; a person who has been bound as a slave to his creditor.
Affix: -ive
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.