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adjectivize
especially British, ²¹»åĀ·Āį±š³¦Ā·³Ł¾±±¹Ā·¾±²õ±š
[aj-ik-ti-vahyz]
verb (used with object)
adjectivized, adjectivizing
Grammar.Ģżto make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix.
The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
to apply adjectives to; describe.
He tends to adjectivize himself as loyal and trustworthy, but that is far from accurate.
verb (used without object)
adjectivized, adjectivizing
to overdescribe.
She adjectivizes in agonizing detail, using three adjectives where even one would be superfluous.
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- adjectivization noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of adjectivize1
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Example Sentences
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āHitchcockianā has become a go-to descriptor for entire branches of storytelling ā not always an apposite one, but evocative to an audience far beyond the film-nerd coterie that tends to adjectivize auteurs.
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