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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\ ([a^]d"j[e^]k*t[i^]v), adjective [See {Adjective}, noun]
1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
2. Not standing by itself; dependent.
{Adjective color}, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.
3. Relating to procedure. ''The whole English law, substantive and adjective.'' --Macaulay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\, noun [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See {Adject}.]
1. (Gram.) 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.
2. A dependent; an accessory. --Fuller.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Adjectived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjectiving}.] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.]
Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. --Tooke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
adjective
1: of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" [syn: {adjectival}]
2: applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure; "adjective law" [syn: {procedural}] [ant: {substantive}]
noun
1: a word that expresses an attribute of something
2: the word class that qualifies nouns
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "adjective": adjectival, adverb, adverbial, adversative conjunction, attributive, conjunction, conjunctive adverb, coordinating conjunction, copulative, copulative conjunction, correlative conjunction, disjunctive, disjunctive conjunction, exclamatory noun, form class, form word, function class, gerundive, interjection, part of speech, participle, particle, past participle, perfect participle, preposition, present participle, subordinating conjunction, verbal adjective
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