postpositive

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

post- +‎ positive

Adjective[edit]

postpositive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, of an adjective or other modifier) Placed after the word modified, either immediately after, as in two men abreast, or as part of a complement, as in those two men are bad.

Noun[edit]

postpositive (plural postpositives)

  1. (grammar) A postpositive modifier.
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