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Agglutinative   Listen
Agglutinative

adjective
1.
Forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning.  Synonym: polysynthetic.
2.
United as if by glue.  Synonym: agglutinate.





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... the agglutinative character of the aboriginal languages, numbering over four hundred, some philologists are inclined to attribute them all to a common origin, the Basque tongue being one of the two or three in Europe which have a like peculiarity. In the languages of the American Indians one syllable is piled upon ...
— Through the Mackenzie Basin - A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 • Charles Mair


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