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: A word like {{eng|big}} or {{eng|childish}} that usually serves to modify a {{glossary|noun}}. | : A word like {{eng|big}} or {{eng|childish}} that usually serves to modify a {{glossary|noun}}. | ||
; {{anchor|agentive|agent noun|agent nouns}} | ; {{anchor|agentive|agent noun|agent|agent nouns}} | ||
: A noun that denotes an agent who does the action denoted by the verb from which the noun is derived, such as ''cutter'' derived from ''to cut''. Such an agent can be either a person or a thing, and either {{eng|sentient}} or {{eng|nonsentient}}: thus definitions often begin, "''One who, or that which,'' [does X]." | : A noun that denotes an agent who does the action denoted by the verb from which the noun is derived, such as ''cutter'' derived from ''to cut''. Such an agent can be either a person or a thing, and either {{eng|sentient}} or {{eng|nonsentient}}: thus definitions often begin, "''One who, or that which,'' [does X]." | ||