"adnoun" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adnouns [plural]
Etymology: From Latin ad + English noun. Head templates: {{en-noun}} adnoun (plural adnouns)
  1. (grammar) An adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).
    Sense id: en-adnoun-en-noun-ZUH~qHoF Categories (other): Grammar, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Parts of speech Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 78 22 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (grammar, dated) Any adjective. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-adnoun-en-noun-4DZ4Zrsw Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: adjective [adjective], noun [adjective], adjective [adjective, noun] Related terms: adnominal

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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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  "etymology_text": "From Latin ad + English noun.",
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