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proper nounhood

proper nounhood noun: the quality of being a proper noun.

Noun

proper nounhood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being a proper noun.

Origin of proper nounhood

From proper noun + -hood.

Questions about proper nounhood

What does proper nounhood mean?
Proper nounhood means the quality of being a proper noun.
What part of speech is proper nounhood?
Proper nounhood is a noun.

Words near proper nounhood in the dictionary

  1. proper motions
  2. proper name
  3. proper names
  4. Proper Nangalisan
  5. proper noun
  6. proper nounhood
  7. proper nouns
  8. Proper Puguis
  9. proper right
  10. proper subset
  11. proper subsets

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