gerundive
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gerundive /dʒəˈrʌndɪv/
▶noun Grammar a form of a Latin verb, ending in -ndus (declinable) and functioning as an adjective meaning ‘that should or must be done’.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘gerund’): from late L. gerundivus (modus) ‘gerundive (mood)’, from gerundium (see gerund).
'gerundive' also found in these Oxford entries:
addendum
- agenda
- -and
- corrigendum
- dedendum
- -end
- graduand
- honorand
- horrendous
- integrand
- memorandum
- minuend
- operand
- ordinand
- prebend
- proband
- pudendum
- referendum
- repetend
- reprimand
- reverend
- stupendous
- subtrahend
- tremendous
- viand
