agglutinative

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This frugality, its most basic trait, is then tempered by its second most basic trait, its agglutinative nature—the construction of words by the incessant addition of prefixes and suffixes to the roots.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2016

One day, discussing Turkish, he asked a visitor if he knew what an agglutinative language was.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2012

For they alone instinctively divined the new spirit of the age, which may be termed co-operative and agglutinative.

From England and Germany by Hughes, William Morris

It must not be supposed, however, that Turanian or agglutinative languages are forever passing through this process of grammatical regeneration.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

It meant, in the case of the Semitic Babylonians and Assyrians, learning the ancient agglutinative language of Sumer as well.

From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)