AGGLUTINATIVE

agglutinate, agglutinative

(adjective) united as if by glue

agglutinative, polysynthetic

(adjective) forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

agglutinative (comparative more agglutinative, superlative most agglutinative)

sticky, tacky, adhesive

(linguistics) having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning

Synonyms

• (sticky): claggy, tenacious; see also adhesive

Noun

agglutinative (plural agglutinatives)

a sticky material; an adhesive

Source: Wiktionary

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Ag*glu"ti*na*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. agglutinatif.]

1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

2. (Philol.)

Definition: Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound. In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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