AUGMENTATIVES

Noun

augmentatives

plural of augmentative

Source: Wiktionary


AUGMENTATIVE

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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