| adnoun |
| Definition - An adjective that is being used as a noun. |
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Example - Make the rich pay. (Here rich is an adnoun because it stands for rich people.) |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1753: "Adnoun, Adnomen, or Adname, is used by some grammarians to express what we more usually call an adjective." (Chambers Cycl. Supp.) |