a. and sb. [ad. L. adjunctīvus, f. adjunct-us: see ADJUNCT and -IVE.]
A. adj. Having the character or quality of contributing (to) or forming an adjunct.
a. 1820. N. Drake, Lit. Hours, Crit. ‘Farmer’s Boy.’ The imagery and adjunctive circumstances are original.
1855. I. Taylor, Restor. Belief, 189. These affirmations are all of them adjunctive to his proper subject.
1859. Mrs. Schimmelpenninck, Princ. Beauty, I. vi. § 18. The adjunctive phases of Beauty may be broadly classed under two heads.
B. sb. [The adj. used absol.] That which is, or may be, used as an adjunct; a thing or person of the nature of an adjunct. rare–0.
1755. Johnson, Adjunctive, 1. He that joins. 2. That which is joined.
