adj. & n.
adj. 1 showing a desire to possess or retain what one already owns. 2 showing jealous and domineering tendencies towards another person. 3 Gram. indicating possession.
n. (in full possessive case) Gram. the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession. possessive pronoun each of the pronouns indicating possession (my, your, his, their, etc.) or the corresponding absolute forms (mine, yours, his, theirs, etc.). possessively adv. possessiveness n.
[ L possessivus (as POSSESS), transl. Gk ktetike (ptosis case) ]