Adjectivalized

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Describing the process by which a word or phrase is transformed into an adjective form; indicating the conversion of another part of speech into an adjective to modify a noun; relating to the creation of adjective-like usage from a different grammatical category
2. Referring to the alteration of a term or expression so that it functions as an adjective; involving the grammatical change that allows a word to describe or qualify a noun; pertaining to the morphological adaptation from diverse parts of speech into adjective form
3. Characterizing the linguistic modification that turns a non-adjective element into one that describes nouns; concerning the shifting of words or phrases into adjective roles; signifying the change of a base word to adopt adjectival properties for syntactic use

Etymology: "Adjectivalized" is the past tense and past participle of "adjectivalize," meaning to turn a word or phrase into an adjective, or to make something function as one. The verb is built from "adjectival," which comes from "adjective" plus the suffix "-al," and the suffix "-ize," which forms verbs meaning to make or to treat in a certain way. So the whole chain is simply an adjective, made adjectival, then made into a verb by "-ize."

Synonyms: adjectivized, adjectivated

Antonyms: nominalized, verbalized