How to Spell adjective
adjective
adjective - noun
- A word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"The word red in "the red car" is an adjective."
Etymology
Middle English adjectif, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French adjectyf, borrowed from Late Latin adjectīvum, from neuter of adjectivus adjective:2 (as translation of Greek epítheton)
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