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Word: Augmentative
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English (in the sense ‘having a tendency to increase’): from Old French augmentatif, -ive or medieval Latin augmentativus, from the verb augmentare (see augment)
ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv
(of an affix or derived word) reinforcing the idea of the original word, especially by meaning ‘a large one of its kind’, as with the Italian suffix -one in borrone ‘ravine’, compared with borro ‘ditch’.
Short Definition:(of affix or derived word) reinforcing idea of original word
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