adjective
1. ad.jec.tive \'aj-ik-tiv\ aj [ME, fr. MF or LL; MF adjectif, fr. LL
adjectivus, fr. L adjectu]s, pp. of adjicere to throw to, fr. ad- + jacere
to throw - more at JET 1: of, relating to, or functioning as an adjective
{an ~ clause} 2: not standing by itself : DEPENDENT 3: requiring or
employing a mordant {~ dyes} 4: PROCEDURAL {~ law} - ad.jec.tive.ly av
2. adjective n : a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any
of numerous lan guages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to
denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or
to specify a thing as distinct from something else