Associations to the word «Adnoun»
Wiktionary
ADNOUN, noun. (grammar) an adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto), an absolute adjective
ADNOUN, noun. (grammar) (dated) an adjective
Dictionary definition
ADNOUN, noun. An adjective used as a noun; "`meek' in `blessed are the meek' is an adnoun".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.