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ADJECTIVE
Definition of ADJECTIVE
noun
A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADJECTIVE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADJECTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ADJECTIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIJTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ADJECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ADJECTIVE?
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