ag·glu·ti·na·tive /əˈglutṇˌetɪv, ətɪv/
 (a.)會粘著的,會膠合的,膠合性的
 ag·glu·ti·na·tive /əˈglutṇˌetɪv, ət-/ 形容詞
 凝集的,粘著的,膠合的
 Ag·glu·ti·na·tive a.
 1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
 Syn: -- polysynthetic, holophrastic.
 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.
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 agglutinative
      adj 1: forming derivative or compound words by putting together
             constituents each of which expresses a single definite
             meaning [syn: polysynthetic]
      2: united as if by glue [syn: agglutinate]