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modificand

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mod⋅i⋅fi⋅cand

[mod-uh-fi-kand]
–noun Grammar.
a word that is modified, or qualified, by another. In red books, books is a modificand.

Origin:
1825–35; < L modificāndum (a thing) to be measured or limited, ger. of modificāre to modify
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