augmentative

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: aug=ment=a=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

augmentative, a. [Cf. F. augmentatif.].

 Having the quality or power of augmenting; expressing augmentation.  [1913 Webster]

augmentative, n. 

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

augmentative, adj.
1 having the property of increasing.
2 Gram. (of an affix or derived word) reinforcing the idea of the original word.

Etymology

F augmentatif -ive or med.L augmentativus (as AUGMENT)