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Order of Adjectives

There is a conventional order of adjectives when more than one is used to modify a noun.
 
 
 

Conventional Order of Adjectives
Opinion  Size Age Color Material Origin Purpose
pretty little new red leather Mexican riding 
She was wearing pretty little new red leather Mexican riding boots.

Note: it is very unusual to use this many adjectives in a string.
This is for illustration. Here are some more "normal" illustrations:
 

a big red balloon an old foreign car
a sharp hunting knife a beautiful white horse

Here are some adjectives of size:
 

big small tall short
skinny fat tiny huge
medium-sized miniature enormous long
short little large  

Age:

old  young ancient  new-born
middle-aged teen-aged infant two-year-old
elderly      

Opinion:

beautiful ugly  intelligent stupid 
dumb evil angelic lazy 
industrious nice bad good 

Color:

red green blue yellow
white black orange purple
pink pinkish gray magenta

Material:

leather wood brick steel
rubber linoleum rattan mud
earthen aluminum ceramic plastic
glass paper cotton silk
wool woolen polyester linen

Origin:

Mexican Korean American Venezuelan Nigerian
Thai Swedish U.S. Filipino Polish
 
Reminder:  Adjectives that are derived from the names of countries are always capitalized in English
Purpose:
 
hunting writing swimming driving
running listening riding walking

 

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