agglutinative

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agglutinative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Agglutinative \Ag*glu"ti*na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. agglutinatif.]
     1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having
        power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
  
     Syn: polysynthetic, holophrastic.
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     2. (Philol.) Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a
        language or a compound.
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              In agglutinative languages the union of words may be
              compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective
              languages to chemical compounds.      --R. Morris.
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              Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are
              agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian,
              Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative
              languages.                            --R. Morris.
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              Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness
              of their roots.                       --Max
                                                    M["u]ller.
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agglutinative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  agglutinative
      adj 1: forming derivative or compound words by putting together
             constituents each of which expresses a single definite
             meaning [syn: agglutinative, polysynthetic]
      2: united as if by glue [syn: agglutinate, agglutinative]