premodifiedadj.
/ˌpriːˈmɒdᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌpriˈmɑdəˌfaɪd/ Linguistics.
Of a word, phrase, or grammatical unit: that has been modified by an immediately preceding word, phrase, or element.
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1962 R. Quirk Use of Eng. x. 163 They would..prefer to see more ‘postmodified nominal groups’ and fewer of the heavily ‘premodified’ ones.
1982 Eng. World-Wide 3 i. 122 A premodified structure is often more difficult to read and understand than a longer postmodified structure.
1995 E. Campbell ESL Resource Bk. for Engineers & Scientists 65 Here are three sentences with heavily premodified nouns.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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