adnouns

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...