adnoun
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adnoun
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From Latin ad + English noun.
noun adnouns
- An adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).
- 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.
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Talk about this word "adnoun." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adnoun. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adnoun. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adnoun "adnoun." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adnoun.
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@misc{adnoun_2026,
title = {adnoun},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adnoun},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
