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augmentative

adj
/ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/UK/ɔɡˈmɛntətɪv/US/ˈɔɡmɛnˌteɪtɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English augmentatif, from Middle French augmentatif and its etymon Latin augmentātīvus, from augmentō. By surface analysis, augment + -ative.

  1. derived from augmentātīvus
  2. derived from augmentatif
  3. inherited from augmentatif

Definitions

  1. That which augments.

  2. A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for augmentative. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA