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adnominal

[ ad-nom-uh-nl ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or used as the modifier of a noun, as new in the new theater, on the corner in the house on the corner, or the mayor's in the mayor's reputation.
  2. of or relating to an adnoun.


noun

  1. a word or phrase that modifies a noun.

adnominal

/ əˈɒɪə /

noun

  1. a word modifying a noun
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to an adnoun
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of adnominal1

1835–45; ad- + nominal, on the model of adverbial
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Example Sentences

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Post-mortem tests gave Mr McDonagh's cause of death as a "traumatic rupture of the aorta", while his wife was found to have died from head, chest and adnominal injuries.

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Roddick, who has been mostly idle this summer because of an adnominal strain, was glad to get in four matches in preparation for next week.

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