Middle English Dictionary Entry
adjectī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | adjectī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n. |
| Etymology | OF & L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. (a) Adjectival; noun ~, an adjective; verb ~, a verbal noun or adjective; (b) as noun: adjective.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)9b/a : Nomine nounes adiectif tokeneþ pureliche þe essenciam of god..and somme nounes adiectif tokeneth som what elles.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)102 : How many maner of nounes be ther? Tweyne, noun adiectyf and noune substantyf..How knowest the comparatyf degre? A noun adiectyf that by tokenyth' qualite or quantite wyth sum what echyng, as betyr, werse.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1020-1 : 'Of' aftyr a propyr name, or a nown adiectyf, or a verbe adiectyf, gerundyf, participyl, or suppyn is þe syne of ablatyf case.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1022 : Note wel þat alle nown adiectiuys þat be declyned wit thre dyuerse endynggys be declyned aftyr þis declenson.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)4.338 : Adiectif and substantyf vnite asken, Acordaunce in kynde, in cas, and in numbre.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)4.364 : Adiectif and substantif A-cordeþ in alle kyndes whit [read: with] is antecedent.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)115 : Dede, adiectyue: Mortuus, defunctus.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)98 : How many acordys hast thou in grammer? ffoure:..the secunde by twene the adiectyf and the substantyf.
- a1500 Donatus (1) (StJ-C F.26)1027 : In how many schal þe substantyf & þe adiectyf acordyn? In thre. In qwech iij? In gendyr, nowmbyr, & case.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Peniarth Informacio(1) (Pen 356B)95/131 : For ij nominatyue case syngler wyth an et coniunccion comyng betwene wyll haue a uerbe plurell; and ij substantyuis syngler wyth an et coniunccion betwene wyll haue an adiectiue plurell; and ij antecedens syngler whyt an et coniunccion comyng betwene wyll haue a relatyue plurell.
Note: Needed for date in (a)