- 1. a. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive. Source: opted
- 2. a. Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound. Source: opted
- 3. adj. forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. united as if by glue Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 7. s. forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning Source: ecdict
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