Why does the order of adjectives matter?

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Even though saying “the big brown brick wall” means the same as saying “the brick brown big wall”, the second feels so very wrong.

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It’s a trick example. “Brick” seems like an adjective here, but “brick wall” is itself functioning as a two part noun. Kind of like how “Buckingham Palace” would be a noun.

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