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attractive(dictionary)

attractive (iou)



attractive adjective & noun. LME.
[French attractif, -ive from late Latin attractivus, formed as ATTRACT + -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Absorptive. LME-E18.
Medicine. Having the property of drawing bodily humours etc. LME-L18.
Having the property or capacity of attracting towards itself by a physical force; of the nature of such attraction. Opp. repulsive. M16.
W. Herschel The sun, by its attractive power, retains the planets..in their orbits.
Having the property or capacity of attracting towards oneself or itself by influencing will and action; having the property of attracting interest, attention, affection, desire, etc.; interesting, pleasing, alluring. L16.
Sir W. Scott Interesting and attractive for those who love to hear an old man's stories of a past age. W. Cather A gay young fellow, so attractive that the prettiest Bohemian girl in Omaha had run away with him. S. Hill What an attractive garden you have here! P. Scott The proposal could turn out to be financially attractive One might presume to make a small profit.
B. noun.
Medicine. A preparation used to draw bodily humours etc. LME-L18.
An attractive thing or quality. L16-M19.
attractively adverb E17.
attractiveness noun M17.