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单词 adnoun
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adnoun

[ ad-noun ]
/ ˈædˌnaʊn /
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noun Grammar.

an adjective used as a noun, as meek in Blessed are the meek; absolute adjective.

Origin of adnoun

First recorded in 1745–55; ad(jective) + noun

Words nearby adnoun

adneural, adnexa, adnexal adenoma, adnexum, adnominal, adnoun, ado, adobe, adobe flat, adobo, Ado-Ekiti
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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
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