ADJECTIVE

I. ~ see: jet Date: 14th century of, relating to, or functioning as an ~ , not standing by itself ; dependent , requiring or employing a mordant , procedural , ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 14th century a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else