attributive (redirected from attributiveness)

at·trib·u·tive  (-trby-tv)

n. Grammar

A word or word group, such as an adjective, that is placed adjacent to the noun it modifies without a linking verb; for example, pale in the pale girl.

adj.

1. Grammar Of, relating to, or being an attributive, as an adjective.

2. Of or having the nature of an attribution or attribute.

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at·tribu·tive·ly adv.

at·tribu·tive·ness n.

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attributive

Adjective

Grammar (of an adjective) coming before the noun modified

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

attributive - of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'" prenominal grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) predicative - of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'"