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

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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

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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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