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nouny

nouny adjective: having the characteristics of a noun.

Adjective

nouny (comparative more nouny or nounier, superlative most nouny or nouniest)

  1. Having the characteristics of a noun.
    • Within this line of reasoning, then, Tagalog is classified as a language in which adjectivals are essentially neutral between a nouny and a verby interpretation.2013, Harrie Wetzer, The Typology of Adjectival Predication, page 240
    • To borrow an idea from linguist George Lakoff, the concept of an “apple” is a more nouny noun than the concept of “light,” which in turn is more nouny than a concept such as “health”.2021, Kate Crawford, chapter 4, in Atlas of AI […] , →ISBN

Forms of nouny

comparativemore nouny
comparativenounier
superlativemost nouny
superlativenouniest

Origin of nouny

From noun + -y.

Words formed from nouny

Questions about nouny

What does nouny mean?
Nouny means having the characteristics of a noun.
What part of speech is nouny?
Nouny is an adjective.

Words near nouny in the dictionary

  1. nouns substantive proper
  2. nounself
  3. nounself pronoun
  4. nounself pronouns
  5. nounship
  6. nouny
  7. Nour
  8. Nouri
  9. nourice
  10. nourices
  11. Nouris

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