adjective
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adjective/ˈaʤɪktɪv/
▶noun Grammar a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.
– derivatives
adjectival adjective,
adjectivally adverb.
adjectival adjective,
adjectivally adverb.
– origin ME: from OFr. adjectif, -ive, from L. adject-, adicere, ‘add’.
'adjective' also found in these Oxford entries:
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- abaxial
- abbatial
- abdominal
- abelian
- Abenaki
- Aberdonian
- aberrant
- aberration
- abeyance
- abhorrent
- ab initio
- abiogenesis
- abiotic
- abject
- Abkhaz
- ablative
- ablative absolute
- ablaze
- able
- able-bodied
- abloom
- ablush
- ablution
- abnormal
- abolish
- abominable
- aboral
- aboriginal
- abortifacient
- abortive
- abrasive
- abreaction
- abridge
- abrupt
- abscess
- absent
- absent-minded
- absolute
- absolutism
- absorb
- absorbent
- absorption
- abstemious
- abstinence
- abstract
- abstract expressionism
- abstractionism
- abstruse
- absurd
