AUGMENTATIVE

augmentative, enhancive

(adjective) intensifying by augmentation and enhancement

augmentative

(adjective) increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; “‘up’ is an augmentative word in ‘hurry up’”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

augmentative (not comparable)

Growing, enlarging, increasing.

Noun

augmentative (plural augmentatives)

(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority

Antonyms

• diminutive

Source: Wiktionary


Aug*ment"a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. augmentatif.]

Definition: Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.

– Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.

Aug*ment"a*tive, n. (Gram.)

Definition: A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive. Gibbs.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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