postpositive adjective
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Noun
[edit]postpositive adjective (plural postpositive adjectives)
- (grammar) An adjective that follows the noun or pronoun that it modifies.
- In the sentence "She is beauty personified," the postpositive adjective is "personified", modifying "beauty".
- The word "better" is a postpositive adjective in "I want something better", modifying "better".
- In "This seems sufficient", "sufficient" is the postpositive adjective, modifying "this".
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[edit]adjective that follows the word it modifies
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