tending to arrest or take hold of the attention, interest, etc
Word origin
[1825–35; arrest + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, panda, runway, self-help, torque-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: active, corrective, destructive, passive, sportive