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adjunctive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
ad-junc-tive
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Forming an adjunct.

adj

Forming an adjunct.

adj

Additional; neither basic nor primary.

adj

The property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a.

noun

A connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction.

noun

A substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives.".

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English adjunct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English adjunctive From adjunct + -ive.

Inflected Forms

adjunctives (plural)

Derived Forms

adjunctively adjunctiveness adjunctivity immunoadjunctive nonadjunctive

Frequently Paired Words

adjuvant

Questions

What does adjunctive mean?
Forming an adjunct.
Where does adjunctive come from?
Etymology tree English adjunct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English adjunctive From adjunct + -ive.

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