单词 | adnoun |
释义 | adnounn. A word added to or joined to a noun, spec. an adjective.In quot. 1657: an adverb.In quot. 2002: a noun used attributively. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > adjective > [noun] noun adjectivea1398 adjectivec1400 adject1584 nounc1620 adj.1656 adnoun1657 adname1710 A1735 attributive1860 adjectival1866 commonization1973 1657 C. Beck Universal Char. v. 26 An Adverb is a part of speech, joyned to Verbs or Nouns (whence some call them Adnouns) to qualifie their signification. 1666 J. Eliot Indian Gram. Begun 13 An Adnoun is a part of Speech that attendeath upon a Noun, and signifieth the Qualification thereof. 1719 S. Lowe Κοινα Καινως 4 (heading) Adnouns... Gender'd. Felix-īcis happy. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Adnoun, Adnomen, or Adname, is used by some grammarians to express what we more usually call an adjective. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes Theol. & Polit. (1853) 401 The modification of the noun by the verb is the Adnoun or Adjective. 1904 Monist 14 581 Participles as adverbs simply change their adnoun indicator to the adverb indicator. 2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 Dec. 35 Select the number of nouns, suffixes, adnouns, adjectives, adverbs and prefixes and click the button for a prime specimen of gibberish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1657 |
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