- Describing word - Noun modifier - Part of speech - Word class - Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of
an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. - Not standing by itself; dependent. - Relating to procedure.
- A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or
expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an
inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.