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attributive (adj.)

c. 1600, from French attributif, from stem of Latin attributus (see attribute (v.)). As a noun in grammar, "a word expressing an attribute," from 1750. Related: Attributively; attributiveness.

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Definitions of attributive from WordNet

attributive (adj.)
of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify;
`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'
Synonyms: prenominal
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