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modificand

[ mod-uh-fi-kand ]

noun

, Grammar.
  1. a word that is modified, or qualified, by another. In red books, books is a modificand.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of modificand1

1825–35; < Latin modificāndum (a thing) to be measured or limited, gerund of modificāre to modify

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modif.modification