adjective
Speech parts
1. adjective - Noun
2. adjective - Adjective
3. adjective - Verb
Meaning
Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
Not standing by itself; dependent.
Relating to procedure.
A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.
A dependent; an accessory.
To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
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To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.
Good is a noun rather than an adjective.
As to the Adjective when in doubt, strike it out.
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.
There's a misconception that survival of the fittest means survival of the most aggressive. The adjective 'Darwinian' used to refer to ruthless competition; you used to read that in business journals. But that's not what Darwinian means to a biologist; it's whatever leads to reproductive success.
The – now shop-worn – label of ‘magical realism' is customarily applied to Márquez's novels. It has never fitted Vargas Llosa, who disavows the adjective.