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verbal adjective
noun
, Grammar.
- an adjective derived from a verb, as, in English, smiling in smiling eyes, or, in Greek, batós “going,” “moving,” derived from baínen “to go,” “to move.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of verbal adjective1
First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences
This is the termination of the present participle and verbal adjective derived from verbs in -a.
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