djective

& s. [In Ger. adjektiv; Fr. adjectif: Ital. addiettivo, fr. Lat. adjectivus = added; adjicio = to throw to: ad =to; jacio = to throw.] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language. 1. Defining the quality of a noun. "An adjective word." - Whitney: Life and Growth of Language. 2. Adjectival. Added to, additional. IL Law : Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective , was, in the judgment of all the greatest lawyers, of Holt and Treby, of Maynard and Somers, exactly the same after the Revolution as before it."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. x. B. As substantive: Grammar: One of the parts of speech, consisting of words joined to nouns to detine and limit their signification, as bright silver, which is le extensive in signification than silver in general; and a good man, which is a narrower term than man in the abstract. "For adjectives can't stand alone."- Hall : Satires, vi L