Pred'i·ca·tive adjective [ Latin praedicativus .] Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred'i*ca*tive*ly , adverb Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/147
adjective of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; ``red` is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red`` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
A reference to an adjective which occurs after a form of the copula be instead of before the noun it qualifies. Some adjectives can only occur in this position, e.g. The girl is awake but *The awake girl is ungrammatical. Found on https://www.uni-due.de/ELE/LinguisticGlossary.html