As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
PRENOMINAL
attributive, prenominal
(adjective) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; “‘red’ is an attributive adjective in ‘a red apple’”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
prenominal (not comparable)
(grammar) That is placed before a noun
Usage notes
• Used especially to describe adjectives.
Noun
prenominal (plural prenominals)
Such a word
Anagrams
• promelanin
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*nom"i*nal, a.
Definition: Serving as a prefix in a compound name. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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