ad·jec·tive ( P ) Pronunciation Key (jk-tv)
n. Abbr. a. or adj.
The part of speech that modifies a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase.
Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as white in the phrase a white house.
adj.
Adjectival: an adjective clause.
Law. Prescriptive; remedial: adjective law.
Not standing alone; derivative or dependent