Ag*glu"ti*na*tive (?), a. [Cf. F.
agglutinatif.] 1. Pertaining to agglutination;
tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
2. (Philol.) Formed or characterized by
agglutination, as a language or a compound.
In agglutinative languages the union of words may be
compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical
compounds.
R. Morris.
Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like,
which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish,
the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages.
R. Morris.
Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of
their roots.
Max Müller.