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adnominal

[ad-nom-uh-nl]Grammar
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or used as the modifier of a noun, as new in the new theater, on the corner in the house on the corner, or the mayor's in the mayor's reputation.
  2. of or relating to an adnoun.
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noun
  1. a word or phrase that modifies a noun.
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Origin of adnominal

1835–45; ad- + nominal, on the model of adverbial
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British Dictionary definitions for adnominal

adnominal

noun
  1. a word modifying a noun
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adjective
  1. of or relating to an adnoun
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