Dictionary.com
definitions

agglutinative

[uh-gloot-n-ey-tiv, uh-gloot-n-uh-]
See more synonyms for agglutinative on Thesaurus.com
adjective
  1. tending or having power to agglutinate or unite: an agglutinative substance.
  2. Linguistics. pertaining to or noting a language, as Turkish, characterized by agglutination.Compare inflectional(def 2), isolating.

Origin of agglutinative

First recorded in 1625–35; agglutinate + -ive
Related formsan·ti·ag·glu·ti·na·tive, adjectivenon·ag·glu·ti·na·tive, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for agglutinative

tacky, viscous, syrupy, clinging, tenacious, glutinous, viscid, agglutinative, gluey, ropy

Examples from the Web for agglutinative

Historical Examples of agglutinative

  • With regard to syntax, the Basque resembles all agglutinative languages.

    Basque Legends

    Wentworth Webster

  • The juxtaposing technique we may call an “agglutinative” one, if we like.

    Language

    Edward Sapir

  • They spoke an agglutinative language, and resembled the Chinese very much both in physical type and in character.

    Human Origins

    Samuel Laing

  • Their absence, however, is readily explained by the persistence of the agglutinative principle, which renders them unnecessary.

    Man, Past and Present

    Agustus Henry Keane

  • The main differences shown by these varieties are agglutinative differences.

    Food Poisoning

    Edwin Oakes Jordan

British Dictionary definitions for agglutinative

agglutinative

adjective
  1. tending to join or capable of joining
  2. Also: agglomerative linguistics denoting languages, such as Hungarian, whose morphology is characterized by agglutinationCompare analytic (def. 3), synthetic (def. 3), polysynthetic
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for agglutinative
adj.

1630s, in a medical sense, from Latin agglutinat-, past participle stem of agglutinare (see agglutination). Philological sense is from 1650s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
agglutinative in Medicine

agglutinative

[ə-glōōt′n-ā′tĭv, -ə-tĭv]
adj.
  1. Concerning or characteristic of agglutination.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.