Associations to the word «Augmentative»

Wiktionary

AUGMENTATIVE, adjective. Growing, enlarging, increasing.
AUGMENTATIVE, noun. (grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority

Dictionary definition

AUGMENTATIVE, adjective. Increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'".
AUGMENTATIVE, adjective. Intensifying by augmentation and enhancement.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky