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An augmentative (abbreviated AUG) is a morphological form of a word which expresses greater intensity, often in size but also in other attributes. It is the opposite of a diminutive. Overaugmenting something often makes it grotesque and so in some languages, augmentatives are used
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In modern English, augmentatives can be created with the prefixes:
• over-: e.g., overlord and overqualified.
• grand-: e.g., grandmaster and grandparent....
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Form II of the Arabic verb often has an augmentative sense, which may indicate intensity (intensive) or repetition (frequentative...
See moreIn Modern Greek the usage of augmentative is very common in everyday speech but not quite as common as diminutive forms. The usage of
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Italian has several augmentatives:
• -one, -ona, found also in several English loanwords from Italian, often via French: minestrone (<...
See moreBantu languages' noun class markers often double as augmentative and diminutive markers, and some have separate classes that are used only as a
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