adjective

/ˈa-jik-tiv/

Middle English adjectif, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French adjectyf, borrowed from Late Latin adjectīvum, from neuter of adjectivus (as translation of Greek epítheton)

noun

  1. a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages 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

The word red in "the red car" is an adjective.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or functioning as an adjective

  2. not standing by itself : dependent

  3. requiring or employing a mordant

an adjective clause

noun

  1. a pronominal adjective expressing possession