of, pertaining 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 pertaining to an adnoun
noun
3.
a word or phrase that modifies a noun
Word origin
[1835–45; ad- + nominal, on the model of adverbial]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: basic, crosshead, faceplate, grandstand, squeegeead- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “toward” and indicateddirection, tendency, or addition (adjoin)
Examples of 'adnominal' in a sentence
adnominal
Adnominal pre- and postmodifications are one specific form of creative alteration to adapt the idiom for this purpose.
Andreas Langlotz 2006, 'OCCASIONAL ADNOMINAL IDIOM MODIFICATION - A COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC APPROACH', International Journal of English Studies (IJES)http://revistas.um.es/ijes/article/view/46881. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)