| agglutinating |
| Definition - A label for a language whose words are for the most part made up of easily distinguishable morphemes. |
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Example - (1) Turkish is an agglutinating language, e.g., the word ev-ler-de (house plural in), in the houses. (2) English words like good-ness and dis-taste-ful are examples of agglutination. |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Latin agglutinationem, fasten with glue (from ad, to + glutinare, to glue). |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1830: "The Ober-Deutsch was fuller and fonder of agglutinating words together." (Coleridge Table Talk (1851) 67) |