Agglutinative

Definition of Agglutinative

Ag`glu´ti`na`tive
a.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.

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