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

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle