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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

nounhood en · NOUN

Etymology

From noun + -hood.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being a noun.
    • It made occasional forays into nounhood, in fixed expressions like without fail and no-fail. 2009 August 9, Ben Zimmer, “How Fail Went From Verb to Interjection”, in New York Times:

Deriveds

proper nounhood