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postpositive adjectives

postpositive adjectives is the plural of postpositive adjective.

Meaning of postpositive adjective

Noun

postpositive adjective (plural postpositive adjectives)

  1. 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".

Questions about postpositive adjectives

What is postpositive adjectives the plural of?
Postpositive adjectives is the plural of postpositive adjective.

Words near postpositive adjectives in the dictionary

  1. postpositioning
  2. postpositionings
  3. postpositions
  4. postpositive
  5. postpositive adjective
  6. postpositive adjectives
  7. postpositively
  8. postpositives
  9. postpositivism
  10. postpositivist
  11. postpositivistic

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