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- sticky, adhesive.
- (Linguistics) having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Ag*glu"ti*na*tive (&?;), a. [Cf. F.
agglutinatif.] 1. Pertaining to agglutination;
tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
2. (Philol.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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