augmentiveadj.n.

Brit.

/ɔːɡˈmɛntɪv/, U.S.

/ɔɡˈmɛn(t)ɪv/,

/ɑɡˈmɛn(t)ɪv/

Forms: late Middle English augmentif, 1600s– augmentive.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: augment v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < augment v. + -ive suffix. Compare augmentative adj. and (with use as noun) earlier augmentative n.Quot. 1483 may alternatively show a transmission error for augmentative adj. Compare also the following earlier example, in an English context, of post-classical Latin (rare) augmentiva (c1301 in a British source; probably a transmission error for augmentativa , feminine of augmentativus augmentative adj.): ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iii. viii. 97 Also by þe vertu þat hatte augmentiua [L. augmentatiuam] [a] makeþ þe body wexe and growe and bringe hym to dewe stature and quantite.

A. adj.

Having the property of increasing or adding to something; characterized by augmentation; = augmentative adj. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

waxing1297

multiplyinga1400

augmentive1483

breeding1552

crescent1568

growingc1587

enhancinga1592

creasing1592

teeming1597

increasing1600

auctive1634

echinga1644

multiplicating1661

gliscent1669

enlarging1694

augmenting1745

swelling1854

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [adjective]

enhancinga1382

augmentive1602

engrandizinga1652

nobilitating1729

exaltative1821

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxvii. f. lxxii^v The sowle..hath also power..nutritif and augmentif [a1500 Egerton augmentatif].

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 305 For the most advancement of our nobles, and augmentive florish of the whole common wealth.

1749 J. Barrow Dictionarium Medicum at Bumelia An augmentive particle.

1848 Retrospect Pract. Med. & Surg. No. 18. 77 Stimuli..may be employed so as to act as augmentive or destructive of the excito-motor nervous power.

1874 Bankers' Mag. Aug. 111 If the owners of that capital can be made to see the rich capabilities of augmentive value and productive growth which await development [etc.].

1919 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 18 110 Traces of an augmentive prefix gu remain in Bantu; thus..oguntu, a large, big man, of unusual size and shape; ogubuzi, a large goat, etc.

1965 Science 23 July 378/2 We cannot say that climate did not play an augmentive role in the die-off.

2004 N.Y. Times 24 Mar. f1/1 The women..seemed to express their own aspirations through augmentive surgery.

B. n.

Grammar. An augmentative affix or word; = augmentative n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix > other specific types of affix

augmentive1816

infix1881

subfix1895

nominalizer1943

simulfix1954

1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 115 The augmentives are ard, est, er, some, ous, etc.

1854 W. Barnes Philol. Gram. 62 The English language does not own any augmentives, or forms of the noun for large or ugly things of their name.

1969 W. J. Sullivan Stratificational Descr. Phonol. & Inflectional Morphol. Russ. (Ph.D. diss., Yale Univ.) iv. 143 That [class] of m(no) includes the derived augmentives in išče and the diminutives in isko.

2008 Hispania 91 624 A 40-page ‘Manual de Gramática’ explains..less problematic structures (for example, demonstratives, progressive tenses, diminutives and augmentives).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	augmentive
释义	augmentiveadj.n. Brit. /ɔːɡˈmɛntɪv/, U.S. /ɔɡˈmɛn(t)ɪv/, /ɑɡˈmɛn(t)ɪv/ Forms: late Middle English augmentif, 1600s– augmentive. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: augment v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < augment v. + -ive suffix. Compare augmentative adj. and (with use as noun) earlier augmentative n.Quot. 1483 may alternatively show a transmission error for augmentative adj. Compare also the following earlier example, in an English context, of post-classical Latin (rare) augmentiva (c1301 in a British source; probably a transmission error for augmentativa , feminine of augmentativus augmentative adj.): ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. iii. viii. 97 Also by þe vertu þat hatte augmentiua [L. augmentatiuam] [a] makeþ þe body wexe and growe and bringe hym to dewe stature and quantite. A. adj. Having the property of increasing or adding to something; characterized by augmentation; = augmentative adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] waxing1297 multiplyinga1400 augmentive1483 breeding1552 crescent1568 growingc1587 enhancinga1592 creasing1592 teeming1597 increasing1600 auctive1634 echinga1644 multiplicating1661 gliscent1669 enlarging1694 augmenting1745 swelling1854 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [adjective] enhancinga1382 augmentive1602 engrandizinga1652 nobilitating1729 exaltative1821 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxvii. f. lxxii^v The sowle..hath also power..nutritif and augmentif [a1500 Egerton augmentatif]. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 305 For the most advancement of our nobles, and augmentive florish of the whole common wealth. 1749 J. Barrow Dictionarium Medicum at Bumelia An augmentive particle. 1848 Retrospect Pract. Med. & Surg. No. 18. 77 Stimuli..may be employed so as to act as augmentive or destructive of the excito-motor nervous power. 1874 Bankers' Mag. Aug. 111 If the owners of that capital can be made to see the rich capabilities of augmentive value and productive growth which await development [etc.]. 1919 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 18 110 Traces of an augmentive prefix gu remain in Bantu; thus..oguntu, a large, big man, of unusual size and shape; ogubuzi, a large goat, etc. 1965 Science 23 July 378/2 We cannot say that climate did not play an augmentive role in the die-off. 2004 N.Y. Times 24 Mar. f1/1 The women..seemed to express their own aspirations through augmentive surgery. B. n. Grammar. An augmentative affix or word; = augmentative n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix > other specific types of affix augmentive1816 infix1881 subfix1895 nominalizer1943 simulfix1954 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 115 The augmentives are ard, est, er, some, ous, etc. 1854 W. Barnes Philol. Gram. 62 The English language does not own any augmentives, or forms of the noun for large or ugly things of their name. 1969 W. J. Sullivan Stratificational Descr. Phonol. & Inflectional Morphol. Russ. (Ph.D. diss., Yale Univ.) iv. 143 That [class] of m(no) includes the derived augmentives in išče and the diminutives in isko. 2008 Hispania 91 624 A 40-page ‘Manual de Gramática’ explains..less problematic structures (for example, demonstratives, progressive tenses, diminutives and augmentives). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1483
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