adjective
Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/
The English word “adjective” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
adjective
- 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.
verb
- To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
- To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
Etymology
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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