postpositive adjective

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Noun

postpositive adjective (plural postpositive adjectives)

  1. (grammar) An adjective that follows the noun or pronoun that it modifies.
    In the sentence "She is beauty personified," the postpositive adjective is "personified", modifying "beauty".
    The word "better" is a postpositive adjective in "I want something better", modifying "better".
    In "This seems sufficient", "sufficient" is the postpositive adjective, modifying "this".

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