Descriptive word for jive acted peculiarly (9)
I believe the answer is:
adjective
'descriptive word' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'jive acted peculiarly' is the wordplay.
'peculiarly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'jive'+'acted'='jiveacted'
'jiveacted' anagrammed gives 'ADJECTIVE'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for adjective that I've seen before include "Word added to noun to qualify meaning" , "It describes a noun" , "It qualifies a noun" , "Modifier of a noun" , "Qualifier (grammar)" .)