ADJECTIVE Supersets
Superset Mnemonic Numeric
Descriptive Adjectives DESC 13 (form 23)
Arithmetic Adjectives NUM 13 (form 9)
Past Participial Adjectives PAST 16 (form 60)
Present Participial Adjectives PRES 15 (form 50)
-ABLE Participial Adjectives ABLE 16 (form 23)

See Verb Taxonomy for Generic Participial ADJ Codes.  See Lexicon for word-specific Participial ADJ Codes

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Descriptive Adjective Sets
Set Mnemonic Numeric
Pre-Clausal PC [13 86/87/88]
Pre-Verbal PV [13 83/84/85]
Adverbial Type AV [13 80]
Adverbial Type with Prepositional Governance AV [13 17,20,26,46,57,59,68,90]
Non-Adverbial Type NAV [13 81]
Pure Post-Nominal Type POST [13 81 417]

 

PC - Pre-Clausal Descriptive Adjective Sets and Subsets [13 86/87/88]

Sets and Subsets

Mnemonic

Numerics

Examples
pure logical [it]; that/to PCurgent [13 86 432] urgent, absurd, feasible
mixed logical [it/he]; that/to PCcertain  [13 87 438] certain, fortunate, unlikely
mixed logical [it/he]; that/to PCgood  [13 87 439] good, odd, silly, smart, great
non-logical [he]; that/to PChappy [13 88 442] happy, afraid, grateful, sad
pure logical [it]; that only PCclear [13 86 433] clear, ironic, pertinent, vital
non-logical [he]; that only PCaware [13 88 443] aware, adamant, cognizant

 

PV - Pre-Verbal Descriptive Adjective Sets and Subsets [13 83/84/85]

Sets and Subsets

Mnemonic

Numerics

Examples
pure logical [it]; to verb PVvalid [13 83 418] valid, beneficial, pointless, impractical, fraudulent
mixed logical [it/he]; to v’ing PVakin [13 84 419] akin, conducive, tantamount
mixed logical [it/he]; to verb PVeasy [13 84 420] easy, dangerous, difficult, hard
mixed logical [it/he]; to verb PVwise [13 84 423] wise, bol, heroic, humane, polite
non-logical [he]; to verb PVeager  [13 85 428] eager, eligivle, prone, reluctant
non-logical [he]; to verb; in v’ing PVfirst [13 85 429] first, next, last, second, fifth, etc.
non-logical [he]; to v’ing; to verb; of v’ing; with v’ing; in v’ing PVbusy [13 85 430] busy, diligent, resolute, handy thorough, versatile, effective

 

AV - Adverbial Type Descriptive Adjective Set and Subsets [13 80]
(Note: adverb subsets are listed in order of priority)

Sets and Subsets

Mnemonic

Numerics

Examples
adjectives governing a preposition AVxxx [13 xxx 180] See chart below for specific prep governance and code
state/manner adjectives AVstate [13 80 185] euphoric, faint, glamorous, heliocentric, helpless, implacable, inane, leisurely, needy, ominous, omnipotent, silent, joyless, laconic, sly
time/order adjectives AVtime [13 80 181] former, primary
locative adjectives AVloc [13 80 182] inner, marginal
quantity/measure adjectives AVquan [13 80 183] minimal, slight, prolific, scarce
degree/intensity adjectives AVdegree [13 80 184] real, utter, genuine

 

AVxxx - Adverbial Adjectives Chart for Prep Governance  [13, 17,20,26,46,57,59,68,90]
(180=preposed adj; 417=postposed adj)

Preposition

Mnemonic

Numerics

Examples
Locative prepositions (at, on, in, under, above, etc.) AVloc 13 68 180/417 asleep, aground, submersible (in)
for AVfor 13 46 180/417 ineligible, avid, famous, suitable (for)  
from AVfrom 13 26 180/417 absent,  distinct, inseparable, remote (from)
in = with respect to                (non-locative) AVin 13 20 180/417 active, deficient, fluent, foremost, methodical, prevalent, well-versed, unique (in)
of AVof 13 17 180/417 barren, devoid, envious, intolerant, suspsicious (of)
about/over/on =  concerning AVabout 13 90 180/417 jittery, joyous, jumpy, obdurate (about/over)
to AVto 13 57 180/417 adjacent, detrimental, extraneous (to)
with AVwith 13 59 180/417 consistent, familiar, incompatible (with)

 

NAV - Non-Adverbial Type Descriptive Adjective Set and Subsets [13 81]

Sets and Subsets

Mnemonic

Numerics

Examples
predicate adjective type NAVpred [13 81 186] yellow, exploratory
non-predicate adjective type NAVnpred [13 81 187] bridal, naval

 

POST - Pure Post Nominal Descriptive Adjective Set (Subset)  [13 81]
(Note that Pure Post Nominal Adjectives can govern prepositions, e.g., awash, fraught, ablaze with.  When approrpiate, replace 81 set code with set code in PREP GOV Chart above.)

Sets and Subsets

Mnemonic

Numerics

Examples
pure post nominal type POST [13 81 417] galore, ablaze, fraught, replete, alike, awash

 

PRE - Prefix-Type Descriptive Adjective Set  [13 82]

Sets and Subsets

Mnemonic

Numerics

Examples
prefix-type adjectives PREmid [13 82 100] mid-, anti-, omni-, bi-, aero-
unique subset for re- PREre [13 82 318] re-

 

 

[WC 04]  Arithmates as Adjectives  [Superset 13]  [Form 9]

Sets and Subsets

Mnemonic

Numeric

Examples
dates NUMdates [13 10 176] 6/2/90
mixed numbers NUMmixed [13 18 818] 1 1/2;  2 1/4
all fractions NUMfrac [13 19 919] 1/2  1/3  1/4
zero NUM0 [13 20 020] 0
word-specific code for number one NUM1 [13 21 123] 1
word-specific code for number two NUM2 [13 21 222] 2
word-specific code for numbers 3 and 4 NUM3-4 [13 21 234] 3, 4
generic subset for numbers from 5 - 31 NUM5-31 [13 21 567] 5, 6, 7 . . . 31
generic subset for numbers from 32 - 99 NUM32-99 [13 23 567] 32 . . . 99
word-specific code for word one hundred NUMhundred [13 40 601] one hundred
generic subset for numbers from 100 - 999 NUM100-999 [13 40 789] 100 . . . 999
word-specific code for one thousand NUMthousand [13 51 602] one thousand
generic subset for numbers from 1000 - 1776 NUM1000-1776 [13 51 789] 1000 . . . 1776
generic subset for numbers from 1777 - 1999 NUM1777-1999 [13 52 789] 1777 . . . 1999
generic subset for numbers from 2000 - 2400 NUM2000-2400 [13 53 789] 2000 . . . 2400
generic subset for numbers from 2401 and up NUM2401 and up [13 54 890] 2401 . . .
word-specific code for million NUMmillion [13 54 603] million
word-specific code milliard NUMmilliard [13 54 604] milliard
word-specific code billion NUMbillion [13 54 605] billion
word-specific code trillion NUMtrillion [13 54 606] trillion
specific code for asterisk symbol NUMast [13 60 60] *
specific code for dollar sign NUMdolsign [13 60 989] $
specific code for percent sign NUMpctsign [13 60 980] %
specific code for year with an apostrophe   NUM'29-'99 [13 90] '29-'99
specific code for the roman numerals NUMroman [13 92 092] I, II, III, IV, V, .......
specific code for the arithmate-arithmate??? NUMn-n [13 94 094] 2-2    5-3    8-1   
specific code for miscellaneous arithmate strings NUMstring [13 96 096] 1.1 / 83-05-12