Adjectitious
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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