adnoun

[ ad-noun ]

noun

, Grammar.

1. an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.

adnoun

/ ˈædnaʊn /

noun

1. an adjective used as a noun; absolute adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of adnoun¹

First recorded in 1745–55; ad(jective) + noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of adnoun¹

C18: from Latin ad to + noun , formed on the model of adverb

Example Sentences

Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.

From Project Gutenberg

Participles bear the same relation to verbs, that adnouns do to nouns.

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But that theory which ranks them with adnouns, appears to rest on a sandy foundation.

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It is not, in all cases, easy to determine to which of these classes an adnoun should be referred.

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