\Ag*glu"ti*na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. agglutinatif.]
1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having
   power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
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
                                               M["u]ller.