| adnominal |
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A word or phrase that modifies a noun and forms part of a noun phrase.
Notes: 1. They can precede or follow the noun. |
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Example - The bolded words are the adnominals: (1) the little red corvette (2) a book I've wanted to read |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Latin adnomen, added name. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1845: "This case [genitive], being in its origin the adnominal case, or case joined to a noun." (J. W. Gibbs, Philol. Stud. (1857), 63) |