/euh glooht"n ay'tiv, euh glooht"n euh-/ , adj.
1. tending or having power to agglutinate or unite: an agglutinative substance.
2. Ling. pertaining to or noting a language, as Turkish, characterized by agglutination. Cf. inflectional (def. 2), isolating .
[ 1625-35; AGGLUTINATE + -IVE ]