nounlike

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adjective

Resembling a noun, having nounal characteristics.

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Meanings

adjectivenounlike (comparative more nounlike, superlative most nounlike)

comparative more nounlike · superlative most nounlike

  1. Resembling a noun, having nounal characteristics.

    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”.

    2022 June 16, Péter Rebrus, Péter Szigetvári, “Between adjective and noun”, in Acta Linguistica Academica, volume 69, number 2, →DOI, pages 188-205

Origin

From noun + -like.

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APA

nounlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nounlike

MLA

“nounlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nounlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nounlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nounlike.

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