Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a noun; having the character of a noun.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a noun.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, relating to, or acting as a
noun .
Etymologies
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Examples
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+Participles+ adjectival as adjective modifiers as attribute complements as mere adjectives as mere nouns as objective complements as prepositions as principal word in a phrase definition of expansion of forms of in independent phrases misuse of modified by _a_ and _the_ modified by a possessive nounal, called _gerunds, infinitives, verbal nouns_ place of punctuation of used in slurring
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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The name _participle_ is as true to its etymology when applied to the nounal use of the verb as when applied to the adjectival use.
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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The nounal force of the participle ba'ey definitely preponderates in this case, as the construct state also indicates (K.S. 241d).
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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If you’re Newt Gingrich you mix it up: the nounal form -- secular socialist; the many adjectival variations -- secular-socialist ideology, secular-socialist machine; secular-socialist Left.
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The nounal phrase is Smithsonian Institution’s west coast affiliate, and the noun in there is affiliate, so it’s only an affiliate to the SI that is being written about.
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The nounal phrase is Smithsonian Institution’s west coast affiliate, and the noun in there is affiliate, so it’s only an affiliate to the SI that is being written about.
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The nounal phrase is Smithsonian Institution’s west coast affiliate, and the noun in there is affiliate, so it’s only an affiliate to the SI that is being written about.
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The nounal and the adjectival uses of participial forms we distinguish very sharply.] one sharing the nature of the verb and that of the adjective; the other, the nature of the verb and that of the noun.
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
uselessness commented on the word nounal
Adjective. Of or pertaining to a noun.
August 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word nounal
What a great adjective. But how about nominal? ;-P
August 29, 2007
uselessness commented on the word nounal
Nah, that word can't be real.
August 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word nounal
You're right. I made it up. It's totally madeupical.
August 29, 2007
uselessness commented on the word nounal
Don't you mean madeupatory?
August 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word nounal
Nope. Whole different word. Probably from a different language, even.
August 29, 2007
uselessness commented on the word nounal
That might explain it. I don't speak Reesish.
August 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word nounal
Ah, that's okay. I don't speak uselessnessish either.
August 29, 2007
uselessness commented on the word nounal
No one can, it's nearly impossible to pronounce.
uselesslethnith... uthleshneshhith... uselessnesshhhishhh??
August 29, 2007
reesetee commented on the word nounal
And spell.
Here--have an ice cube.
August 29, 2007
seanahan commented on the word nounal
Let me say that I've heard nominal a few hundred times, but never nounal. The citation in the dictionary looks like a figure of speech.
August 29, 2007
uselessness commented on the word nounal
I dunno, but I'm a big fan of the adverb form nounally.
August 30, 2007
reesetee commented on the word nounal
I prefer nounation myself.
August 30, 2007
madmouth commented on the word nounal
like a bacchanal?
April 13, 2009