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- noun a
participle used as an adjective, such as drowning in the drowning man and drowned in the drowned man.
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Logophile77 commented on the word participial adjective
A participial adjective (also: “participle adjective”) is an adjective formed from a verb. For examples, written, sleeping, cursed, running and tired are all participial adjectives.
December 10, 2017