adnoun
[ ad-noun ]
/ ˈædˌnaʊn /
noun Grammar.
Origin of adnoun
First recorded in 1745–55;
ad(jective) +
noun
Words nearby adnoun
adneural,
adnexa,
adnexal adenoma,
adnexum,
adnominal,
adnoun,
ado,
ado-ekiti,
adobe,
adobe flat,
adobo
Example sentences from the Web for adnoun
It is not, in all cases, easy to determine to which of these classes an adnoun should be referred.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures |Samuel Kirkham
British Dictionary definitions for adnoun
adnoun
/ (ˈædnaʊn) /
noun
an adjective used as a noun; absolute adjective
Word Origin for adnoun
C18: from Latin
ad to +
noun, formed on the model of
adverb