augmentative
/ɔːgˈmentətɪv/adjective
- Linguistics (of an affix or derived word) reinforcing the idea of the original word, especially by meaning 'a large one of its kind', as with the Italian suffix -one in borrone 'ravine', compared with borro 'ditch'【语言学】（词缀, 派生词）强义的, 增强词义的（尤表示“同类中之大者”）。
词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'having a tendency to increase'）： from Old French augmentatif, -ive or medieval Latin augmentativus, from the verb augmentare （see AUGMENT）.