postpositive

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ positive.

Adjective

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

postpositive (plural postpositives)

1. (grammar) A postpositive modifier.

Coordinate terms

• prepositive

Derived terms

• postpositive adjective
• postpositively

Related terms

• post-nominal (adj) (after a noun)
• predicative