adjective

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a word that describes a noun, such as 'big' or 'happy'

   In the phrase 'a red car', 'red' is an adjective.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to or working as an adjective

   The word is being used in an adjective form here.

Common collocations

• descriptive adjective Adjective + noun

From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.

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