Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Augmentative \Aug*ment"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.]
Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing
augmentation. -- {Aug*ment"a*tive*ly}, adv.
Augmentative \Aug*ment"a*tive\, n. (Gram.)
A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the
properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard,
one very dull. Opposed to {diminutive}. --Gibbs.
Source : WordNet®
augmentative
adj 1: increasing or having the power to increase especially in
size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative
word in `hurry up'"
2: intensifying by augmentation and enhancement [syn: {enhancive}]