adjectivize

turning a non-adjective into an adjective

adjectivize is similar to verbilize such as the noun google becoming a verb

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Adjerb

A rare, delicious berry, found only in Ohio and Moscow.

You: I added adjerbs to my cereal this morning. They were delicious.
Someone else: Dude, you know those are poisonous, right?
You: O.O

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Definition of adjective in English:

adjective

NOUN

Grammar

A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Origin
Late Middle English from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.

Pronunciation
adjective
/ˈajəktiv/ /ˈædʒəktɪv/

‘Use verbs, nouns and adjectives and get a copy of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.’
‘In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.’
‘Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.’
‘Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.’

Adjective (ˈædʒəktɪv)

by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 19, 2022

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