nominative absolute
noun Grammar.
a construction consisting in English of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in the nominative case followed by a predicate lacking a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence, as the play done in The play done, the audience left the theater.
Origin of nominative absolute
First recorded in 1835–45; by analogy with
ablative absolute
Words nearby nominative absolute
nominalize,
nominally,
nominate,
nomination,
nominative,
nominative absolute,
nominative case,
nominative of address,
nominee,
nomism,
nomo-