Thesaurus: agglutinative

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1. a. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
2. a. Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.
3. adj. forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning
4. adj. united as if by glue
5. 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.
6. Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or acompound.In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared tomechanical 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 agglutinativelanguages. R. Morris.Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots.Max Müller.
7. s. forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning