postpositive adjective
noun1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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".
- The word "better" is a postpositive adjective in "I want something better", modifying "something".
1 more example
- In "This seems sufficient", "sufficient" is the postpositive adjective, modifying "this".
- Related terms
- complement
- Hyponyms
- predicative adjective, predicate adjective
- Coordinate terms
- attributive adjective, prepositive adjective