What does "augmentative" mean?
Augmentative: Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation. -- Aug*ment"a*tive*ly, adv.
Additional senses
- 2.A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive. Gibbs.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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