attributive adjective

English

Noun

attributive adjective (plural attributive adjectives)

  1. (grammar) An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies.
    The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective.
    In the phrase “attributive adjective”, “attributive” is the attributive adjective.

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