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adnoun

adnoun noun: an adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).

Noun

adnoun (plural adnouns)

  1. An adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).
  2. (dated) Any adjective.
    • 3. An adjective or adnoun, expresses a particular quality ascribed to a substantive—A good man, a bad man, a studious man, a lazy man—The words good, bad, studious, and lazy, express the particular quality which belong to such or such a man.1830, Thomas Nugent & J. Quiseau, A new Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages. In two Parts. 1. French and English.—2. English and French. Containing all the Words in general Use, and...

Synonyms of adnoun

Forms of adnoun

pluraladnouns

Origin of adnoun

From Latin ad + English noun.

Questions about adnoun

What does adnoun mean?
Adnoun means an adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).
What part of speech is adnoun?
Adnoun is a noun.
What is the plural of adnoun?
The plural of adnoun is adnouns.

Words near adnoun in the dictionary

  1. adnominally
  2. adnominals
  3. adnominatio
  4. adnomination
  5. adnominations
  6. adnoun
  7. adnouns
  8. Adnyamathanha
  9. ado
  10. Ado Ekiti
  11. adobe

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