postpositive

English

Etymology

post- +‎ positive

Adjective

postpositive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, of an adjective or other modifier) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those two men are bad.

Noun

postpositive (plural postpositives)

  1. (grammar) A postpositive modifier.

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