adjective.
A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
Meaning & usage
A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives.
A dependent; an accessory.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.
Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
Incapable of independent function.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.
To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.
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