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/
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