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modificand
[ mod-uh-fi-kand ]
noun
, Grammar.
- a word that is modified, or qualified, by another. In red books, books is a modificand.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of modificand1
1825–35; < Latin modificāndum (a thing) to be measured or limited, gerund of modificāre to modify
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