Postpositive Definition
pōst-pŏzĭ-tĭv
adjective
Placed after or added to a word; suffixed.
Webster's New World
(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.
Wiktionary
noun
A postpositive word.
Webster's New World
A postpositive modifier.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Postpositive
Noun
Singular:
postpositive
Plural:
postpositivesOrigin of Postpositive
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Late Latin postpositīvus from Latin postpositus past participle of postpōnere to put after postpone
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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