Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Attributive \At*trib"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. attributif.]
   Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an
   attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

Attributive \At*trib"u*tive\, n., (Gram.)
   A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word
   joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

Source : WordNet®

attributive
     adj : of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red'
           is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'" [syn: {prenominal}]
           [ant: {predicative}]