adjective

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: adjectivalprocedural

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a word that expresses an attribute of something
  2. the word class that qualifies nouns

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to or functioning as an adjective“adjectival syntax”“an adjective clause”Synonyms: adjectival
  2. relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law“adjective law”Synonyms: procedural
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjectived; p. pr. & vb. n. Adjectiving.] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. --Tooke. [1913 Webster]

Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\ ([a^]d"j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See Adjective, n.] [1913 Webster]

1.Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. [1913 Webster]

2.Not standing by itself; dependent. [1913 Webster]

Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. [1913 Webster]

3.Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject.]

1.(Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler. [1913 Webster]

2.A dependent; an accessory. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

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