(Grammar)a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweetred, or technical (语法)形容词(如sweet, red或technical)
派生 adjectival adjective adjectivally adverb 语源
late Middle English : from Old French adjectif-ive, from Latin adject- 'added', from the verb adicere, from ad- 'towards' + jacere 'throw'. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton 'attributive name'