accumulative
adjUS /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/
Etymology From accumulate + -ive.
1
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
- At the back of it all was a nebulous, accumulative foreboding; a gathering together in the cumulus sky; a mounting excitement in the heart of secrecy […]1959, Mervyn Peake, chapter 88, in Titus Alone, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
2
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
- Derived terms
- accumulatively, accumulativeness, accumulativity, bioaccumulative, nonaccumulative