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Definition of Classifying adjective
1. Noun. An adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., 'a nervous disease' or 'a musical instrument').
Literary usage of Classifying adjective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"... often with the full meaning of a stressed classifying adjective, so that the
words naturally did not develop into a modern descriptive group with ..."
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