agglutinative
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This frugality, its most basic trait, is then tempered by its second most basic trait, its agglutinative nature—the construction of words by the incessant addition of prefixes and suffixes to the roots.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2016
One day, discussing Turkish, he asked a visitor if he knew what an agglutinative language was.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
It must not be supposed, however, that Turanian or agglutinative languages are forever passing through this process of grammatical regeneration.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
This stage is best represented by the Turanian family of speech, and the languages belonging to it have generally been called agglutinative, from gluten, glue.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
The main differences shown by these varieties are agglutinative differences.
From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes
