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A participle used as an adjective, such as drowning in the drowning man and drowned in the drowned man.

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participial adjective

Source Word

participial adjective

Noun

A participle used as an adjective, such as drowning in the drowning man and drowned in the drowned man.

Japanese Meaning

動詞の分詞が形容詞として用いられる用法、すなわち、分詞が形容詞の働きをする形態

The linguistics professor explained that participial adjective often blurs the line between verbs and adjectives.

言語学の教授は、分詞形容詞がしばしば動詞と形容詞の境界を曖昧にすると説明した。

Sense（1）

A participle used as an adjective, such as drowning in the drowning man and drowned in the drowned man.

participial adjectives

（ plural ）