Definition of adjective

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adjective

noun

(grammar) A category of words, such as big or heavy, that modify or describe a noun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, be graded, and be modified by an adverb.

Translations:

Dutch: bijvoeglijk naamwoord , adjectief
French: adjectif
German: Adjektiv , Eigenschaftswort
Italian: aggettivo
Spanish: adjetivo

adjective

Additional or adjunct.

- 1899, w:John Jay Chapman, John Jay Chapman, Emerson and Other Essays, AMS Press (1969) (as http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13088 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 to man.
  1. Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
  law

Translations:

Dutch: formeel
French: de procédure
German: adjektivisch
Italian: aggettivale
Spanish: adjetivo , adjetiva
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Etymology: From adjectif, from adjectivum, adLatin, ad ("next to") + -iect-, perfect passive participle of iacere ("to throw") + -ivus, adjective ending; hence, a word "thrown next to" a noun, modifying it.

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