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adjective
1.
providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
2.
arousing interest or engaging one's thought, consideration, etc.: an attractive idea; an attractive price.
3.
having the quality of attracting.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English attractif (< Middle French ) < Late Latin attractīvus of a medicine with drawing power. See attract, -ive
1375–1425; late Middle English attractif (< Middle French ) < Late Latin attractīvus of a medicine with drawing power. See attract, -ive
Related forms
at·trac·tive·ly, adverb
at·trac·tive·ness, noun
su·per·at·trac·tive, adjective
su·per·at·trac·tive·ly, adverb
su·per·at·trac·tive·ness, noun
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attractive
1530s, "absorptive," from Fr. attractif (14c.), from attract- (see attract). Meaning "having the quality of drawing people's eye or interest" is from 1580s; sense of "pleasing, alluring" is from c.1600.
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