Adjectitious

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Added; additional. formal, not-comparable

    "An adjective, so called because adjectitious, or added to a substantive, denotes some quality or accident of the substantive to which it is joined […]"

Example

More examples

"An adjective, so called because adjectitious, or added to a substantive, denotes some quality or accident of the substantive to which it is joined […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiectīcius.

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