nounlike

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English

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Etymology

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From noun +‎ -like.

Adjective

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nounlike (comparative more nounlike, superlative most nounlike)

  1. Resembling a noun, having nounal characteristics.
    • 2022 June 16, Péter Rebrus, Péter Szigetvári, “Between adjective and noun”, in Acta Linguistica Academica, volume 69, number 2, →DOI, pages 188-205:
      A number of both lexemes and word forms seem to be located within the two endpoints of this scale, and can thus be identified only as “more nounlike, less adjectivelike” or “less nounlike, more adjectivelike”.