Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to a noun; having the character of a noun.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, relating to, or acting as a noun.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to a noun.
Etymologies
- noun + -al (Wiktionary)
Examples
“+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
“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
“The nounal force of the participle ba'ey definitely preponderates in this case, as the construct state also indicates (K.S. 241d).”
“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.”
“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.”
“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
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Chit Chat
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Whether slang, acronyms, or madeupical, they're too good not to put on some list or other. See the companion list, "Favorite Words That Are Really More Like Phrases," here.
pwned, craptacular, embiggen, phwoar, dealie-bob, doojiggy, bootylicious, craptastic, ^_^, π, oo-ee-oo-ah-ah-ti..., gustnado and 326 more...
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Only on Wordie/Wordnik
Okay, mostly on Wordie. But it's more fun here anyway.
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wordie vernacular
Words coined by 'Wordie'.
madeupical, nounal, earlypees, snowpees, junepees, chickpees, chameleoneology, sooh
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Madeupical words that I love.
Are often defined on Urban Dictionary.
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for nounal.
madmouth like a bacchanal? Apr 13, 2009
reesetee I prefer nounation myself. Aug 29, 2007
uselessness I dunno, but I'm a big fan of the adverb form nounally. Aug 29, 2007
seanahan 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. Aug 29, 2007
reesetee And spell.
Here--have an ice cube. Aug 29, 2007
uselessness No one can, it's nearly impossible to pronounce.
uselesslethnith... uthleshneshhith... uselessnesshhhishhh?? Aug 29, 2007
reesetee Ah, that's okay. I don't speak uselessnessish either. Aug 29, 2007
uselessness That might explain it. I don't speak Reesish. Aug 29, 2007
reesetee Nope. Whole different word. Probably from a different language, even. Aug 29, 2007
uselessness Don't you mean madeupatory? Aug 29, 2007
reesetee You're right. I made it up. It's totally madeupical. Aug 29, 2007
uselessness Nah, that word can't be real. Aug 29, 2007
reesetee What a great adjective. But how about nominal? ;-P Aug 29, 2007
uselessness Adjective. Of or pertaining to a noun. Aug 29, 2007