subjunct Gram.
(ˈsʌbdʒʌnkt)
[f. L. subjunctus, pa. pple. of subjungĕre subjoin v.: cf. adjunct ppl. a. and n.]
In Jespersen's terminology, a word or group of words of the third rank of importance in a phrase or sentence. Cf. primary n. 9, adjunct n. 5 b.
| 1914 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. xii. 283 The adjunct in perfect simplicity is a shifted subjunct of the adjective contained in the substantive simplicity, cf. perfectly simple. We may call these shifted subjunct-adjuncts. 1924 ― Philos. Gram. vii. 97 For tertiary we may use the term subjunct, and quaternary words..may be termed sub-subjuncts. 1935 [see adjunct n. 5 b]. |