1. adjective - Noun
2. adjective - Adjective
3. adjective - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun. Gore Vidal
Good is a noun rather than an adjective. Robert M. Pirsig
As to the Adjective when in doubt, strike it out. Mark Twain
The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech. Clifton Fadiman
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. Steven Pinker
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. Perry Anderson