participial adjective

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Noun

participial adjective (plural participial adjectives)

  1. A participle used as an adjective; it may be either a present participle or a past participle, and used either attributively or predicatively.
Examples
  • drowning (pres. part.): the drowning man
  • drowned (p. part.): the drowned man
  • hammering (pres. part.): the hammering carpenter
  • hammered (p. part.): the hammered nail
  • mesmerizing (pres. part.): the show was mesmerizing
  • mesmerized (p. part.): the audience was mesmerized

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