adjectives
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’.
'adjectives' also found in these Oxford entries:
-ability
- -able
- -ac
- -acal
- -aceous
- -acious
- -acity
- -al
- -alia
- -ally
- -an
- -aneous
- -ant
- -ar
- -arian
- -arious
- -ary
- -ary
- -ate
- -ate
- -atic
- -ative
- -atory
- be-
- co-
- comparison
- -crat
- -ean
- -ed
- -ed
- en-
- -en
- -en
- -ent
- -eous
- -er
- -ern
- -ers
- -escent
- -ese
- -esque
- -ess
- -est
- -etic
- feminine
- -fic
- -fold
- -ful
- -fully
- -graphic
