predicate adjective

English

predicate adjective (plural predicate adjectives)

Alternative form of predicative adjective
- 1982, Gary Forlini, Grammar and Composition, Level 6: Annotated Teacher's Edition, Prentice–Hall Inc., →ISBN, page 76:
  A predicate adjective refers to the subject by describing it in much the same way that any adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.