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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats