1 Opinionwhat we think
lovely
nice
beautiful
ugly
good
bad
boring
delicious
strange
nice
beautiful
ugly
good
bad
boring
delicious
strange
2 Sizehow big
big
small
large
little
tall
short
long
tiny
huge
small
large
little
tall
short
long
tiny
huge
3 Agehow old
old
new
young
ancient
modern
new
young
ancient
modern
4 Shapewhat form
round
square
flat
thin
wide
narrow
curved
square
flat
thin
wide
narrow
curved
5 Colorwhat color
red
blue
green
black
white
yellow
brown
blue
green
black
white
yellow
brown
6 Originwhere from
French
Colombian
Italian
Chinese
American
Mexican
Colombian
Italian
Chinese
American
Mexican
7 Materialmade of
wooden
metal
gold
cotton
plastic
glass
paper
metal
gold
cotton
plastic
glass
paper
8 Purposewhat for
cooking
sleeping
running
writing
cleaning
sleeping
running
writing
cleaning
+ NOUNthe thing
spoon
bag
shoes
box
chair
table
bag
shoes
box
chair
table
This is the royal order. Read left→right: a lovely little old round red French wooden cooking spoon. We rarely stack more than 2–3 adjectives at once.