| agglutination |
| Definition: The adding of affixes to a word or a stem. |
| Example: When you add the suffix -ly to the word quickly, you are agglutinating. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the Latin agglutinationem, fasten with glue (from ad, to + glutinare, to glue). |
| OED: Its first citation is from 1830: "The Platt-Deutsch was a compact language like the English, not admitting much agglutination." (Coleridge, Table Talk, May 7) |