engrossing

Etymology

adj

1. Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
   an engrossing documentary
   The good news about “The Silence” is that it’s engrossing and that, at 83, DeLillo’s syntax is as prickly as ever. 2020-10-12, Dwight Garner, “Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are”, in New York Times

verb

1. present participle and gerund of engross

noun

1. The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.