a. [ Cf. F. agglutinatif. ]
In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]
Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ]