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adjective
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adici? + -?vus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaci? (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ?????????? (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ????????? (epitíth?mi), from which also comes epithet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ.d???k.t?v/, /?æ.d???k.t?v/, /?æ.d???k.t?v/
Noun
adjective (plural adjectives)
- (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
- (obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
- 1648, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest
- it must be an adjective of dain
- 1648, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge since the Conquest
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:adjective
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
adjective (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Incapable of independent function.
- 1899, John Jay Chapman, Emerson and Other Essays, AMS Press (1969) (as reproduced in Project Gutenberg)
- In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses “God” as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man.
- Synonyms: dependent, derivative
- 1899, John Jay Chapman, Emerson and Other Essays, AMS Press (1969) (as reproduced in Project Gutenberg)
- (grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
- Synonym: adjectival
- (law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
- Synonym: procedural
- Antonym: substantive
- (chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
- Antonym: substantive
Translations
Verb
adjective (third-person singular simple present adjectives, present participle adjectiving, simple past and past participle adjectived)
- (transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
- 1805, John Horne Tooke, Epea Pteroenta: or The Diversions of Purley Part 2
- Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has […] adjectived all three.
- 1805, John Horne Tooke, Epea Pteroenta: or The Diversions of Purley Part 2
- (transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.d??k.tiv/
Adjective
adjective
- feminine singular of adjectif
Latin
Adjective
adject?ve
- vocative masculine singular of adject?vus
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ad.?ek?ti.ve]
Noun
adjective
- plural of adjectiv
Scots
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
From Latin (nomen) adjectivum.
Noun
adjective (plural adjectives)
- (grammar) adjective
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adjectively
English
Etymology
From adjective +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ad??kt?vli/
Adverb
adjectively (not comparable)
- As an adjective; adjectivally. [from 16th c.]
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 146:
- Its boundary fence ran along North Avenue; and for many years people had used the phrase ‘North Avenue’ adjectively. ‘She's ever so North Avenue,’ Donovan might say approvingly.
- 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 146:
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